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Edited by Stephen Farrall, Professor, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham and Susan McVie, Professor of Quantitative Criminology, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, UK<i>‘In this timely volume, fine scholars demonstrate the enduring relevance of inequalities to understanding crime, and doing something about it. The diverse and deft contributions demonstrate how viewing crime through different inequality lenses is a methodological imperative. The better we get at implementing that imperative, the better we get at understanding what can be done to transform unequal and crime-ridden societies into something better. This thoughtful book helps prise open many doorways to that future.’</i>
- John Braithwaite, Australian National University, Australia,
<i>‘</i>The Handbook on Crime and Inequality<i> provides a comprehensive and exciting collection of cutting-edge contributions on the complex relationship between different aspects of crime and inequality. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in theoretically insightful, methodologically innovative, and substantively interesting work on one of the key themes of criminology.’</i>
- Manuel Eisner, University of Cambridge, UK,
Expanding upon current knowledge and introducing new research, the chapters provide dynamic and multidimensional perspectives. They focus on a range of criminological topics, including victimization, offending, attitudes towards punishment, policing processes and the fear of crime. They also interrogate various competing and overlapping measures of inequality. Contributing authors illustrate the conceptual, theoretical and methodological challenges of studying crime and inequality, and underscore the need for engagement by criminologists in this under-researched field.
The Handbook on Crime and Inequality is a vital resource for students and scholars of criminology, inequalities, welfare states, urban sociology and social policy. Policymakers and legal practitioners will also find its insights beneficial for understanding communities and informing governance.