The relationship between levels of crime and fear of crime continues to exercise academics and policy makers alike. Do soaring prison populations accurately reflect the former or the latter? Nils Christie, Professor of Criminology at the University of Oslo, argues that crime is a product of cultural, social and mental processes. In his latest book A Suitable Amount of Crime, he examines how the current socio-economic climate makes it easy, and in the interests of many, to broaden the definition of what constitutes criminal behaviour. Additional information Nils Christie Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo A Suitable Amount of Crime Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Lt ISBN 0415336112 (Published 14 Feb 04) Crime Control as Industry: Towards Gulags, Western Style? Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Lt ISBN 0415234875 Limits to Pain Robertson ISBN 0855204761