Introduction: Can there be a "criminology of war"?; Theorising "war" within sociology and criminology; The war on terrorism: criminology's "third war"; The "forgotten criminology of genocide"; From nuclear to "degenerate" war; The "dialectics of war" in criminology; Criminology's "fourth war"? Gendering war and its violence(s); Conclusion: Beyond a "new" wars paradigm: bringing the periphery into view
