Routledge Advances in Criminology
About the Book Series
This series explores the critical issues within criminology and offers the latest insight into the field through international case studies and timely theoretical debates.
Criminological Connections, Directions, Horizons: Essays in Honour of Nigel South
1st Edition
Edited
By Eamonn Carrabine, Anna Di Ronco
January 30, 2026
This timely book presents a carefully curated selection of essays to celebrate the career of Nigel South, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Sociology and Criminology of the University of Essex, and one of the leading figures in his field. Through his long career, still ongoing and flourishing...
The Embodied State: Emotions, State Power and Social Marginalisation
1st Edition
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By Ana Aliverti, Henrique Carvalho, Anastasia Chamberlen, Simon Tawfic
December 22, 2025
This edited collection advances a reconceptualisation of state power through emotions. Methodologically, it rethinks the study of the state from the bottom up, by seeking contributions that engage with performances and enactments of state power at the ground level, by frontline staff in direct ...
An Ontology of Organized Crime: A Meta-Analytical Framework and Enforcement Implications
1st Edition
By Stephen Schneider
November 29, 2024
One of the most elusive pursuits in the study of organized crime is developing a definition, description, or conceptual model that captures its complexity, diversity, and ever-changing nature. This book takes a comprehensive approach to unraveling the intricacies and variations of organized crime, ...
Sexuality and Crime: A Neo-Darwinian Perspective
1st Edition
By Anthony Walsh
November 28, 2024
Written by one of the leading figures in biosocial criminology and evolutionary psychology, this work explores the tight relationship between criminality and indiscriminate sexuality within the framework of life history theory. The underlying thesis is that traits associated with a strong libido, ...
Ethical Dilemmas in International Criminological Research
1st Edition
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By Michael Adorjan, Rosemary Ricciardelli
October 09, 2024
Building on the editors’ previous publication, Engaging with Ethics in International Criminological Research, this new book brings together a fresh collection of leading international scholars tackling ethical dilemmas in criminological research. Contributors address how they have experienced and ...
Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research: At the Crossroads
1st Edition
By Gian Maria Campedelli
January 29, 2024
Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research: At the Crossroads reviews the roots of the intersection between machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and research on crime; examines the current state of the art in this area of scholarly inquiry; and discusses future perspectives...
The Pleasure of Punishment
1st Edition
By Magnus Hörnqvist
January 09, 2023
Based on a reading of contemporary philosophical arguments, this book accounts for how punishment has provided audiences with pleasure in different historical contexts. Watching tragedies, contemplating hell, attending executions, or imagining prisons have generated pleasure, according to ...
Criminology and Democratic Politics
1st Edition
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By Tom Daems, Stefaan Pleysier
June 30, 2022
Criminology and Democratic Politics brings together a range of international leading experts to consider the relationship between criminology and democratic politics. How does criminology relate to democratic politics? What has been the impact of criminology on crime and justice? How can we make ...
Social Bridges and Contexts in Criminology and Sociology: Reflections on the Intellectual Legacy of James F. Short, Jr.
1st Edition
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By Lorine Hughes, Lisa Broidy
June 30, 2022
Social Bridges and Contexts in Criminology and Sociology brings together leading scholars to commemorate the illustrious career and enduring contributions of Professor James F. Short, Jr., to the social sciences. Although Professor Short is best known as a gang scholar, he was a bridging figure who...
Analytical Criminology: Integrating Explanations of Crime and Deviant Behavior
1st Edition
By Karl-Dieter Opp
June 13, 2022
There are more than 20 theories that explain crime. Each theory has weaknesses, and no scholar knows which theory is best. To remedy this unsatisfactory situation a new research program of comparative theory testing is proposed. Comparing the theories with each other has not yet been ...
Closing the Integration Gap in Criminology: The Case for Criminal Thinking
1st Edition
By Glenn D. Walters
June 30, 2021
Closing the Integration Gap in Criminology: The Case for Criminal Thinking offers a multi -stage model of theory integration that organizes verified risk factors around the construct of criminal thinking to provide an exemplar working paradigm for criminology. In the model, once relevant risk ...
Young Men and Domestic Abuse
1st Edition
By David Gadd, Claire L. Fox, Mary-Louise Corr, Steph Alger, Ian Butler
August 14, 2020
Surveys reveal that domestic abuse is more commonplace among teenagers and young adults than older populations, yet surprisingly little is written about young men’s involvement in it. Reporting on a three-year study based in the UK, this book explores young men’s involvement in domestic abuse, ...