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About the Author
Alison Liebling is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Director of the Prisons Research Centre at the University of Cambridge. She has attracted research fellowships from Trinity Hall, Leverhulme and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Shadd Maruna is Professor of Criminology at the University of Manchester. His book Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives was named 'Outstanding Contribution to Criminology' by the American Society of Criminology (ASC) in 2001. He received the inaugural Research Medal from the Howard League for Penal Reform in 2012 and the Hans Mattick Award for Distinguished Contribution to Criminology in 2014. Lesley McAra is Chair of Penology at the University of Edinburgh. In 2013, Lesley was joint winner of the Howard League for Penal Reform Research Medal and in 2014 she was invited to give the Apex Annual Lecture in which she set out her vision for justice in modern Scotland.
Reviews
Edited by three leading criminological scholars, this impressive collection boasts research from each field's experts. I have no doubt the Handbook will continue to be the 'go to' textbook for teaching criminology. * Professor Kevin Haines, Director, Institute of Criminology, University of Trinidad and Tobago *
A seminal work that provides readers at all levels with the complete package; The Oxford Handbook of Criminology cannot be beaten. * Louis Martin, Senior Lecturer in Law, Staffordshire University *
Still the most definitive source on criminological research. * Dr Daniel McCarthy, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Surrey *
Combines depth of knowledge with breadth of coverage; the go-to source in criminology. * Dr Claire Fox, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Manchester *
Unique chapters from leading experts in their fields provide research that can't be found anywhere else. * Dr Gareth Norris, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Aberystwyth University *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198719441
Author Alison Liebling
Format Paperback
Page Count 1056
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1586g
Dimensions(mm) 247mm * 175mm * 39mm