Criminology and Criminal Justice

Reaffirming Rehabilitation , 2nd Edition, brings fresh insights to one of the core works of criminal justice literature. This groundbreaking work analyzes the rehabilitative ideal within the American correctional system and discusses its relationship to and conflict with political ideologies. Many r..

This book makes a key contribution to theoretical debates around social control, providing a study of social control in Liverpool city centre, exploring the development of, and meaning attributed to, social control practices by those at the centre of the implementation and management of these practi..

Drawing on data from a cross-section of postcolonial nations across the world and on a detailed case-study of Nigeria, this book examines the experience of recreating law and justice in postcolonial societies. Countries studied include Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Iraq, Japan, Nige..

Drawing on data from a cross-section of postcolonial nations across the world and on a detailed case-study of Nigeria, this book examines the experience of recreating law and justice in postcolonial societies. Countries studied include Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Iraq, Japan, Nige..

This book provides the most accessible and up-to-date account of the origins and development of the Probation Service in England and Wales, from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the plans for the service outlined by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government...

This book provides the most accessible and up-to-date account of the origins and development of the Probation Service in England and Wales, from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the plans for the service outlined by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government...

In this book a group of leading authorities in the field address the key issues surrounding the future of sentencing in Britain, in the light particularly of the highly influential Halliday Report...

This book sets out to explore the role of community penalties in sentencing, arguing that the absence of a strong intellectual framework or underpinning has hampered their development in policy and practice...

Bringing together leading experts from across Europe, this book examines the nature of incivility and the way in which it is often countered by punitive social control...

Bringing together leading experts from across Europe, this book examines the nature of incivility and the way in which it is often countered by punitive social control...

More than half the states in this country have legislation on sex offenders that distinguishes between those whose offense is incidental to other offenses ("felony" sexual offenders), and those who engage in "repetitive, habitual, or compulsive" sex offenses ("criminal sexual psychopaths"). This sec..

This comprehensive book reviews the main theories of rehabilitation models and advocates that rehabilitation should focus both on promoting human goods (i.e., providing the offender with the essential ingredients for a 'good' life) as well as reducing/avoiding risk...