Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
Introduction -- Research methods in criminology -- General characteristics of crime and criminals -- Early and classical criminological theories -- Biological and psychological theories -- Sociological mainstream theories -- Sociological critical theories and integrated theories -- Violent crime -- Property crime : occasional, conventional and professional -- White collar crime: occupational and corporate -- Political crime and terrorism -- Organized crime -- Public order crime -- Computer crime -- Epilogue : the future of crime.