 | Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime by Mike Presdee
Buy new: £22.79 / Used from: £19.50 This book was the first criminological text that stretched my imagination and touched my heart. A poetic and inspiring introduction to cultural criminology, it makes the material relatable
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 | Criminology by Tim Newburn
Buy new: £25.87 / Used from: £23.98 A well-organised and easy-to-read criminology companion that is far less intimidating than the standard Oxford text
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 | Criminological Perspectives: Essential Readings (Published in association with The Open University)
Buy new: £18.69 / Used from: £14.00 Contains an invaluable wealth of sources that I found relavent to almost every class I had in my first year. Saved me a lot of time that would otherwise have been spent looking for basic texts
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 | Outsiders: Studies in Sociology of Deviance by Howard S. Becker
Buy new: £7.43 / Used from: £5.64 A classic piece of research focusing on deviance. I have found this to be useful in writing articles for several classes
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 | Folk Devils and Moral Panics: Creation of Mods and Rockers by Stanley Cohen
Buy new: £15.96 / Used from: £17.81 This book is likely to be refferenced a lot in any liberal university envionment
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 | Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman
Buy new: £7.17 / Used from: £3.74 This bridges the sociology/criminology gap, containing purely sociological content as well as touching on criminology and psychology. It can be a brilliant piece to quote in articles
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 | Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil by Jack Katz
Buy new: £12.59 / Used from: £10.70 Another cultural criminology standard, this is both readable and respected. Lacking the eloquence of Presdee, it is nonetheless an unmissable read
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