Coleman, C. and Moynihan, J. (1996) Understanding Crime Data. Buckingham: Open University Press.

One of the best critical commentaries on the construction of criminal statistics.

Maguire, M. (2012) ‘Criminal statistics and the construction of crime’, in Maguire, M., Morgan, R. and Reiner, R. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, 5th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Wills, A. (2007) Historical Myth-making in Juvenile Justice Policy. London: History & Policy. www.historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/papers/historical-myth-making-in-juvenile-jus­tice-policy 

And,

Einstadter, W. and Henry, S. (1995) Criminological Theory. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace.

A comprehensive and accessible theoretical review.

Tierney, J. (1996) Criminology: Theory and Context. Hemel Hempstead: Prentice-Hall/ Harvester

An introductory text focusing on historical shifts and resonances.

Becker, H. (1963) Outsiders. New York: Free Press.

A classic text on labeling.

Hall, S., Critcher, C., Jefferson, T., Clarke, J. and Roberts, B. (1978) Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State and Law and Order. London: Macmillan.

Goodey, J. (2005) Victims and Victimology: Research, Policy and Practice. Harlow: Pearson/Longman.

A good introductory text to victimology in general.

Mawby, R. and Walklate, S. (1994) Critical Victimology. London: Sage.

The clearest expression of the limitations of positivist victimology in general and the victimization sur­vey in particular.

There are numerous reviews of post-war developments in juvenile and youth jus­tice in England and Wales including:

Harris, R. and Webb, P. (1987) Welfare, Power and Juvenile Justice. London: Tavistock.

Gelsthorpe, L. and Morris, A. (1994) ‘Juvenile justice 1945–1992’, in Maguire, M., Morgan, R. and Reiner, R. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Oxford: Clarendon. and

Goldson, B. (ed.) (2000a) The New Youth Justice. Lyme Regis: Russell House.

Pitts, J. (2001) The New Politics of Youth Crime: Discipline or Solidarity? Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Smith, R. (2003) Youth Justice: Ideas, Policy, Practice. Cullompton: Willan.

The best introduction to the complexities of crime and crime control in a glo­balized world is

Aas, K.F. (2007) Globalization and Crime. London: Sage.

However, there are few comparative juvenile justice texts which venture far beyond the descriptive.

The Key texts in cultural criminology are

Ferrell, J. and Sanders, C.R. (eds) (1995) Cultural Criminology. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press.

Ferrell, J., Hayward, K., Morrison, W. and Presdee, M. (eds) (2004) Cultural Criminology Unleashed. London: Glasshouse Press/Cavendish.