Crime
Chapter 14 Further reading and weblinks
Heidensohn, F. (1996) Women and Crime, 2nd edn, Palgrave, Basingstoke.
An excellent summary of the ways in which 'mainstream' criminology has been essentially
'malestream' criminology for much of its history.
Quinney, R. (1980) Class, State and Crime, Longman, Harlow.
This is an uncompromising and largely uncritical application of Marxist ideas to crime and
the criminal justice system. It is not an easy read, yet begs a number of questions about
a Marxist approach.
Young, J. (1992) 'Ten Points of Realism' in Young, J. and Matthews, R. (eds)
Rethinking Criminology: The Realist Debate, Sage, London.
This is a succinct but extensive statement of the Left Realist position and its location
in criminological theorising. This and the other essays in the book, along with those in
the companion volume edited by Matthews and Young, Issues in Realist Criminology, provide
a core discussion of an approach which has significantly influenced the Labour Party's
thinking on crime and crime control.
- The Western Criminology Review site offers full papers upon registration which have an
international as well as North American dimension. They have a multi-discipinary flavour.
Find it at:
http://wcr.sonoma.edu
- The Florida State University Criminal Justice Links site has an innovative way of
navigating through to information you want. You will need to click on the appropriate
section of a Sequencing Map. This takes you from the commission of a crime to the point of
exit from a correction institution. It is a novel and useful way to get to focused
information. You will find the map at:
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/cj-flowchart.html
- Florida State University's Criminology Department obviously has a lot going for it, as
there is an interesting article on the contribution of Robert Merton and Anomie theory at:
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/crimtheory/merton.htm
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