New to this edition

• Updated coverage of terrorism and counter-terrorism efforts, as well as new coverage of emerging criminological methods, such as ethnographies. 


• A concerted effort has also been made to make this text as concise as possible, while still maintaining the breadth and depth of coverage that makes this text


• Tables, figures, statistics, and examples have been updated throughout.


• To help better prepare students for learning and to increase comprehensive, Learning Objectives and Pre-tests have been added to the beginning of each chapter.


• A new Crime in the Media box has been added to highlight the increasing attention to the effect that the media has on public perception of crime.


• To better differentiate the purpose of the crime files (to demonstrate a specific crime that helps illustrate a concept), many of your favourite crime files from the previous edition are now call Criminology in Context and provide further information on an important concept discussed in the text.


• Many of the Crime Files throughout have been updated to reflect recent cases.