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Chapter 16

References from the book:

Box, S. (1987) Recession, Crime and Punishment. London: Macmillan.
This is as good a place as any to find a review of this field.

Gregg, P. and Wadsworth, J. (eds) (1999) The State of Working Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Provides a very useful discussion of labour market changes in the UK.

Hale, C. and FitzGerald, M. (2007) ‘Social Exclusion and Crime’ in D. Abrams, J. Christian, and D. Gordon (eds) The Multidisciplinary Handbook of Social Exclusion Research. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.

Hagan, J. and Peterson, R.D. (eds) (1995) Crime and Inequality. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Another book that provides an overview of a wide range of issues.

Reiner, R. (2007a) Law and Order; An Honest Citizen’s Guide to Crime Control. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Reiner, R. (2007b) ‘Political Economy, Crime and Criminal Justice’, Chapter 12 in M. Maguire, R. Morgan, and R. Reiner (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (4th edn). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
The two works by Reiner provide an excellent review of broader political economy approaches to crime and punishment.

Taylor, I. (1995) Crime in Context: A Critical Criminology of Market Societies. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Provides an excellent discussion of broader issues of crime in market economies.

Young, J. (2002) ‘Crime and social exclusion’ in M. Maguire, M. Morgan, and R. Reiner (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (3rd edn). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jock Young’s chapter is a good introduction to social exclusion.

Further references:

Ballintyne, S., Pease, K, & McLaren, V. (eds.) (2000) Secure Foundations: Key issues in Crime Prevention, Crime Reduction and Community Safety. London, IPPR.

Cook, D. (1997) Poverty, Crime and Punishment. London, CPAG (esp Chs 1,2 & 3)
The influence of poverty in causing crime.

Crawford, A. (1998) Crime Prevention and Community Safety: Politics, Policies & Practices. London, Longman.

Furbey, R. (1999) "Urban 'regeneration': reflections on a metaphor" in Critical Social Policy Vol 19 No4 pp419-445
 
Hughes, G. (1998) Understanding Crime Prevention: Social control, risk and late modernity. Buckingham, OU Press. (passim but esp Chs 5, 6 & 7)

Muncie, J. McLaughlin, E. & Langan, M. (1996) Criminological Perspectives: A Reader. London, Sage. (esp Chs 11,13, 14, 23, 24, 30, 31, 34, 40, 41,42)
Multiple chapters providing an excellent review of the key issues.

Walklate, S. (2001) "Community and Crime Prevention" in McLaughlin, E. & Muncie, J. (eds.) Controlling Crime. London, Sage.
Community action towards crime prevention.

Young, J. (1999) The Exclusive Society: Social Exclusion, Crime and Difference in Late Modernity. London, Sage
A giant of the field, responsible for many seminal texts in Criminology.