Author: Peter J. Benekos
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317523474
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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This book reviews concepts, information and points of view that help to explain the context and constraints of the criminal justice system. The chapters summarize developments in public policy and crime control, and interweave themes central to the discussion: the impact of ideology, the role of the media, and the politicization of crime and criminal justice.
Author: James Q. Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Contributors describe the what is known about the capabilities and limitations of alternate policies and strategies to understand and control crime, in chapters on deterring crime, rehabilitation, biomedical factors in crime, schools, the labor market, and probation and parole. Other topics discussed include crime rates, juvenile crime, gun control, alcohol and drug abuse, the police, and prisons.
Author: Michael Tonry
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135998183
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Labour has embarked upon a root and branch remaking of the criminal justice system in England and Wales, with a mass of new legislation implemented or planned. It has ensured a continuously high profile for criminal justice issues, and they have been at the centre of wider political discourse. Yet the basis and evidence on which these reforms are being introduced is both uncertain and highly controversial. Despite spending tens of millions of pounds of research into the criminal justice system in the name of evidence-based policy, evidence has counted only in relation to lowlevel technocratic issues. On the big issues the clear weight of evidence points in opposite directions to those which the government has taken. The primary drivers of recent policies have rather been the emulation of recent USA policies (at a time when these are now being abandoned in the USA because they have been shown to be ineffective); and a media-driven agenda with a focus on conspicuous crime prevention which have had the effect of heightening rather than assuaging public fears and concerns. This provocative yet authoritative book seeks to expose and to unravel what has really driven the making of criminal justice policy in the UK. It will be essential reading for anybody interested in knowing what is going on in criminal justice, and why it is so central to political debate more generally.
Author: Lisa Lynn Miller
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0195331680
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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"Taking readers from the streets of Philadelphia to the halls of Congress, she details how and why our system operates in the way that it does. Ultimately, the book not only challenges what we think about the advantages of relying on federal power for sensible and fair solutions to longstanding social problems. It also highlights the deep disconnect between the structure of the American political system and the ideals of democratic accountability."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Professor Kevin Martin Stenson
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9781446234365
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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What is meant by crime, crime prevention and crime control? Who defines the acts which are deemed as criminal? Who devises the sanctions and who acts as agents of social control? This timely and challenging book brings together a group of leading international criminologists from all sides of the political spectrum. They first examine the formation and implementation of official crime prevention and control policies. In the second part they look at a range of critical perspectives which explore the definition of crime and discuss proposals for its prevention and control.
Author: Daniel Gilling
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780203995419
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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This work summarizes and synthesizes the substantial crime prevention literature to provide an approachable and comprehensive text for students. It sets out a critical analysis in the context of the politics of criminal justice policy.
Author: Susan L. Miller
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 0761907149
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 227
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Miller's book makes clear the limitations of criminal justice policies which take no account of the effect on citizens who vary by gender, race and social class. Contributors show how desired social change can result from human and just practices.
Author: Kevin Stenson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135986428
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Crime control has risen rapidly up the social and political agendas to become a central feature of western societies. As inequalities in society have increased, so the actual and perceived risks of crime and other social ills have grown rapidly for all sections of society. Crime has become a central issue to governments, and no longer just a technical operation of law enforcement and adjudication. This book is concerned with issues arising from these developments. Top criminologists from Britain, the USA and Australia explore the links between crime and risk through a range of themes, from the depiction of crime in the media to the dilemmas of policing, to the new punitiveness of criminal justice systems and the custodial warehousing of the poor and excluded. Crime, Risk and Justice will be of interest to students, academics and practitioners with an interest in crime and crime control and the place they have in modern society.
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ISBN: 9781465273888
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: James Q. Wilson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195399358
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 657
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This collection of articles presents the latest scientific information on the causes of crime and evidence about what does and does not work to control it.
