Francis Cullen

Deterrence, Choice, and Crime explores the various dimensions of modern deterrence theory, relevant research, and practical applications. Beginning with the classical roots of deterrence theory in Cesare Beccaria’s profoundly important contributions to modern criminological thought, the book draws out the many threads in contemporary criminology that are explicitly mentioned or at least hinted by Beccaria. Meer

'The Oxford Handbook of Criminological Theory' is organized not around schools of thought but around themes that shape much thinking about and research on crime. Meer