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 8.The Chicago School 9.Anomie and Strain Theories 10.US Subcultural Theories 11.British Subcultural Theories 12.Labelling and Symbolic Interactionism 13.Control Theories 14.Rational Choice, Routine Activity and Situational Crime Prevention 15.Left Realism 16.Right 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 22.The Regulation and Trade of Illicit Drugs 23.Terrorism and Political Violence