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Controlling crime

edited by Eugene McLaughlin and John Muncie

(Crime, order and social control)

Sage Publications in association with the Open University, 2001

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The Second Edition of Controlling Crime provides an important evaluation of criminal justice in the United Kingdom during a period of rapid social change. Each chapter encourages historical, comparative and critical reflection on the organizational logics, powers, procedures and practices of the criminal justice system. Intended as essential reading for students of criminology, criminal justice, community safety, socio-legal studies, sociology of crime and deviance and social policy, Controlling Crime will also be of interest to anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the operation of contemporary criminal justice systems.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Eugene McLaughlin and John Muncie The Origins and Development of the Police - Clive Emsley Key Issues in Policework - Eugene McLaughlin Critical Decisions and Processes in the Criminal Courts - Loraine Gelsthorpe Prison Histories - John Muncie Reform, Repression and Rehabilitation Prisons, Punishment and Penality - Richard Sparks The Competing Logics of Community Sanctions - Gordon Hughes Welfare, Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice Community and Crime Prevention - Sandra Walklate

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