In discussing a criminology topic, lecturers and course textbooks
often toss out names of theorists or make a sideways reference to a
particular theory and move on, as if assuming their student
audience possesses the necessary background to appreciate and
integrate the reference. However, university reference librarians
can tell you this is often far from the case. Students often
approach them seeking a source to provide a quick overview of a
particular theory or theorist with just the basicsuthe owho, what,
where, how, and why, o if you will. And reference librarians often
find it difficult to guide these students to a quick, one-stop
source. In response, SAGE Reference plans to publish the two-volume
Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory, available in both print and
electronic formats.This work is designed to serve as a reference
source for anyone interested in the roots of
contemporaryacriminological theory. Drawing together a team of
international scholars, it examines the global landscape of all the
key theories and the theorists behind them, presenting them in the
context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses. In
addition to interpretations of long-established theories, it also
offers essays on cutting-edge research as one might find in a
handbook. And, like an unabridged dictionary, it provides concise,
to-the-point definitions of key concepts, ideas, schools, and
figures.aCoverage willainclude contexts and concepts in
criminological theory, the social construction of crime, policy
implications of theory, diversity and intercultural contexts,
conflict theory, rational choice theories, conservative
criminology, feminist theory, and more.
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