• Preface


• About the Contributors


• Crime and Public Policy , Michael Tonry


• Part I. Violent and Sexual Crime


• 1. Homicide and Serious Assaults, Richard Rosenfeld


• 2. Sexual Violence, Lisa Sample


• 3. Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig


• 4. Robbery, Philip J. Cook


• 5. Domestic Violence, Denise Hines


• 6. Child Abuse, Kathie Malley-Morrison and Denise Hines


• Part II. Property Crime


• 7. Burglary, Wim Bernasco


• 8. Auto Theft, Michael Cherbonneau and Richard Wright


• 9. Financial Crimes, Michael Levi


• 10. Identity Theft, Heith Copes and Lynne Vieraitis


• Part III. Transactional Crime


• 11. Organizational Crime, Neal Shover and Jennifer Scroggins


• 12. Organized Crime, James Finckenauer


• 13. Environmental Crime, Peter Yeager and Sally Simpson


• 14. Money Laundering, Michael Levi and Peter Reuter


• 15. Tax Evasion, Valerie Braithwaite


• Part IV. Transnational Crime


• 16. Human Smuggling, Edward R. Kleemans


• 17. Terrorism, Laura Dugan


• 18. Trafficking in Cultural Artifacts, A.J.G. (Edgar) Tijhuis


• 19. Cybercrime, Samuel C. McQuade III


• Part V. Crimes against Morality


• 20. Drug Abuse, Robert J. MacCoun and Karin D. Martin


• 21. Hate Crimes, Valerie Jenness


• 22. Prostitution, Jody Miller


• 23. Anti-social Behavior, Michael Tonry and Harriet Bildsten


• 24. Gambling, John Dombrink

Michael Tonry is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Law School, and Senior Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Free University Amsterdam, and visiting professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is the author or editor of more than 40 books, including Why Punish? How Much? (OUP 2011) and The Handbook of Crime and Punishment (OUP 1998).

Using a fresh approach, this Oxford Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of crimes as public policy subjects to provide an authoritative overview of current knowledge about the nature, scale, and effects of diverse forms of criminal behavior and of efforts to prevent and control them. Michael Tonry, a leading authority on criminology, has brought together twenty-four of the most distinguished active scholars in the field to present a wide-rangingoverview and analysis of violent crimes, property crimes, crimes against morality, transactional crimes, and transnational crimes. Straightforward and accessible, individual chapters cover traditional topics such as firearms violence, financial crimes, and organized crime as well as emerging subjects liketerrorism, crimes against humanity, and internet child pornography.