This section presents key works in criminology that go beyond classical theories of crime. The selected texts are theoretically rich, interdisciplinary, and have had a lasting impact on criminological debate. They cover central themes such as social control, criminal law, policing, surveillance, social inequality, and deviant identities.
Classics & Foundational Texts in Criminology
- W. E. B. Du Bois – The Philadelphia Negro (1899)
- Georg Rusche & Otto Kirchheimer – Punishment and Social Structure (1939)
- Edwin H. Sutherland – White Collar Crime (1949)
Symbolic Interactionism & Labeling
- Erving Goffman – Stigma (1963)
- Thomas Scheff – Being Mentally Ill (1966)
- Aaron Cicourel – The Social Organization of Juvenile Justice (1968)
- John Irwin – The Felon (1970)
- Stanley Cohen – Folk Devils and Moral Panics (1972)
- Stanley Cohen – Visions of Social Control (1985)
Critical Criminology & Marxist Perspectives
- Taylor, Walton & Young – The New Criminology (1973)
- Richard Quinney – Class, State, and Crime (1977)
- Stuart Hall et al. – Policing the Crisis (1978)
- Thomas Mathiesen – The Politics of Abolition (1974)
- Alessandro De Giorgi – Re-thinking the Political Economy of Punishment (2006)
- Bernard E. Harcourt – The Illusion of Free Markets (2011)
Criminal Law, State & Control
- David Garland – The Culture of Control (2001)
- Jonathan Simon – Governing Through Crime (2007)
- Markus D. Dubber – The Police Power (2005)
Policing, Surveillance & State Power
- Robert Reiner – The Politics of the Police (1985/2010)
- Didier Fassin – Enforcing Order (2013)
- Thomas Mathiesen – The Viewer Society (1997)
- Sarah Brayne – Predict and Surveil (2020)
- David Lyon – Surveillance Studies (2007)
- Lucia Zedner – Security (2009)
Space, Urbanity & Control
- Jeff Ferrell – Tearing Down the Streets (2001)
- Mike Presdee – Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime (2000)
- Keith Hayward – City Limits (2004)
- Jeff Ferrell, Keith Hayward & Jock Young – Cultural Criminology: An Invitation (2008)
- Stephen Graham – Cities Under Siege (2010)
- Setha Low – Behind the Gates: Life, SecurityProtection from threats, harm, or danger., and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America (2003)
Gender, Intersectionality & Queer Criminology
- Frances Heidensohn – Women and Crime (1985)
- Pat Carlen – Women, Crime and Poverty (1988)
- Angela Y. Davis – Are Prisons Obsolete? (2003)
- Michelle Alexander – The New Jim Crow (2010)
- Carrie L. Buist & Emily Lenning – Queer Criminology (2015)
- James Messerschmidt – Crime as Structured Action (1993)
Crime Policy & Empirical Reflections
- Nils Christie – Crime Control as Industry (1993)
- Jock Young – The Exclusive Society (1999)
- Michael Tonry – Thinking About Crime (2004)
