Criminology An Integrated Approach [Hardcover]

The book is beautifully organized, well-written, and very interesting. It has a trio of virtues: the author does an excellent job of defining and showing the advantages of integrative approaches. He also refuses to allow readers to separate crime from criminal justice. This strikes me as distinctive and rather original. And I very much like the way he helps us to see how U.S. criminology exists in relation to a global approach.Barak provides the first integrated analysis of crime, criminal justice, and criminology through a global lens, revealing the importance of a global perspective for the study of crime and justice in the 21st century. While moving seamlessly from micro bio-psychological, interactive-social process to the macro cultural-structural forces that shape crime and our responses to it, the author presents the reader with a feast of the latest criminological ideas in this sumptuous tome.Barak takes on the study of criminology in a novel way, integrating more mainstream theories with perspectives that have received less attention. I also am very impressed with the way in which he incorporates the new thinking about globalization and crime and adding a critique of the risk perspectives. . . . Overall, this book will be an important text for courses where instructors want to explore different ideas and approaches about crime. It is provocative in a positive way.In this text, Barak does a phenomenal job bringing attention to areas of study that are often overlooked or are just now beginning to emerge within the field....It greatly enhances ones understanding of globalization as related to criminological study, and integration.? Some of the material presented within this text is of a complex nature.? For this reason, I feel this text is appropriate for upper level undergraduate courses or even graduate classes.? For general reading, I highly recommend this text for those who are interested in integration or globalization as it relates to criminology.Barak prlÓH