James Windle is a Lecturer in Criminology and Director of the BA Criminology Programme at University College Cork, Ireland.

Orla Lynch is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Associate Dean of Graduates Studies and Programme Director of the PG Dip in Trauma Studies at University College Cork, Ireland.

Kevin Sweeney is a Lecturer in Criminology and Director of the MA Criminology Programme at University College Cork, Ireland.

Maggie O'Neill is a Professor of Criminology and Sociology and Head of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at University College Cork, Ireland.

Fiona Donson is a Senior Lecturer in Law and the Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork, Ireland.

James Cuffe is a Lecturer in Anthropology and Criminology at University College Cork, Ireland.

1.Introduction 2.A Brief History of Criminology Part 1: The Criminal Justice System 3.The Irish Criminal Justice System 4.Policing in a Modern Society 5.Prisons Part 2: Criminological Theory 6.Early Classical and Positivist Criminology 7.Psychological Criminology [...] Chicago School 9.Anomie and Strain Theories [...] Subcultural Theories 11.British Subcultural Theories 12.Labelling and Symbolic Interactionism 13.Control Theories 14.Rational Choice, Routine Activity and Situational Crime Prevention [...] Realism [...] Realism and the Underclass 17.Foucault: Punishment and Governmentality 18.Cultural criminology Part 3: Thematic Areas 19.Gender and Feminist Criminology 20.Victims and Victimology 21.Desistence from Crime [...] Regulation and Trade of Illicit Drugs 23.Terrorism and Political Violence