The Politics of Crime Control Essays in Honour of David Downes |
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| Editor:
| Newburn, Tim
Rock, Paul |
| Series title: | Clarendon Studies in Criminology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-920840-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2006 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $121.00 |
Book Description:
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This book is a collection of pathbreaking essays by the foremost criminologists currently working in the UK. It contains up-to-the-moment essays on New Labour and crime control, the changing face of the East End of London, developments in restorative justice, and current controversies over the legal justification for torture. The contributors include Stanley Cohen (Folk Devils and Moral Panics; States of Denial); Robert Reiner (The Politics of the Police); Frances Heidensohn (Womenand...
More DescriptionThis book is a collection of pathbreaking essays by the foremost criminologists currently working in the UK. It contains up-to-the-moment essays on New Labour and crime control, the changing face of the East End of London, developments in restorative justice, and current controversies over the legal justification for torture. The contributors include Stanley Cohen (Folk Devils and Moral Panics; States of Denial); Robert Reiner (The Politics of the Police); Frances Heidensohn (Womenand Crime); Nicola 978-0-19-920840-1HLA Hart); and Rod Morgan (Oxford Handbook of Criminology).