Crime in Modern Britain [Paperback]

This book provides an overview and critical engagement with the literature on crime. The book focuses on modern Britain since the nineteenth century, covering all aspects of crime - from those committed on the street and within the home, to offences and abuse conducted on an international scale.

1. Thinking about crime
2. History, modernity and crime
3. Crime and everyday life
4. Organizational forms of crime
5. Images of crime
6. Crime and late modernity in Britain