Category: Translated books,Criminology
Publication Year: 2024
Language: Arabic
Publisher: Naif University Press
Author(s): Ana Rodas, Melanie Simpson, Paddy Rawlinson, Ronald Kramer, Emma Ryan, Emmeline Taylor, Reece Walters, Alan Beckley, Chris Cunneen, Ashlee Gore, Amanda Porter, Scott Potniting, Emma Russell
Translators: Faysal Maalej
Reviser: Amira Y. Badri
ISBN: 978-603-8361-72-6
The book, "Crime, Deviance, and Society: An Introduction to Sociological Criminology," authored by a team of academics and experts from Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, stands as an exemplary document. It combines academic depth with practical relevance in its selection of diverse chapter topics and its presentation of scientific content. The book is characterized by precision, clarity, logical sequencing, and methodological simplification, making it well-suited to the educational needs of university students studying crime and deviance issues within a globalized societal context. It sheds light on the interdisciplinary nature of criminology and monitors its interaction with a range of theoretically related subjects, be it direct or indirect. It takes the reader on a temporal journey through a set of theories that criminologists have drawn upon to expand the horizons of this emerging field, rationalize its tools, enhance the credibility of its theoretical outputs, and strengthen its connection to the realities of crime and deviance in society, taking into account contextual, cultural, and legislative circumstances. With clear methodological coherence, the book delves into a wide spectrum of theoretical tributaries that have generated intellectual and cognitive frameworks underpinning criminology, such as biological criminology, critical masculinities, cultural and ecological criminology, normative disintegration, social control policies, labeling, surveillance, governance, and the issue of disproportionate representation of prison sentences according to racial and social classification. It is worth mentioning the abundance of definitions interspersed throughout the text to explain key terms and simplify them for readers. Additionally, the book includes chronological tables of important theoretical contributions, accompanied by thought-provoking questions and end-of-chapter questions designed to stimulate critical thinking. Each chapter also features a set of case studies and links to social control resources that help contextualize the presented theories within the realm of criminal justice and test their scientific validity against empirical realities."
