Crime and Deviancy

Classic subcultural theories (A Cohen, Cloward and Ohlin)

Labelling theory (Becker, his critics and various replies)

Marxist approaches to crime and deviancy ('Critical Criminology' in its various phases)

Social disorganisation/social strain theories (British approaches, then Durkheim and Merton)

British Crime Survey

 A couple of useful introductory pieces to feminist criminology here and here

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