Roger Hopkins Burke is the author of numerous books and articles in the areas of criminology, criminal justice and social philosophy. He was formerly Principal Lecturer and Criminology Subject Leader at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and is currently an independent consultant.

1. Introduction: crime and modernity, Part One: The rational actor model of crime and criminal behaviour. 2. Classical criminology, 3. Populist conservative criminology, 4. Contemporary rational actor theories, Part Two: The predestined actor model of crime and criminal behaviour. 5. Biological positivism, 6. Psychological positivism, 7. Sociological positivism, 8. Women and positivism, Part Three: The victimized actor model of crime and criminal behaviour. 9. Labelling theories, 10. Conflict and radical theories, 11. The gendered criminal, 12. Critical criminology, Part Four: Integrated theories of crime and criminal behaviour. 13. Sociobiological theories, 14. Environmental theories, 15. Social control theories, 16. Situational action theories, 17. Desistance theories, 18. Left realism, Part Five: Crime and criminal behaviour in the age of moral uncertainty. 19. Crime and the postmodern condition, 20. Cultural criminology and the schizophrenia of crime, 21. Crime, globalization and the risk society, 22. Rediscovering critical criminology, 23. Living in penal society, 24. Radical moral communitarian criminology, 25. Conclusions: criminology in an age of austerity, Criminological theory timeline, Glossary, Bibliography