The Politics of Crime Control: Essays in Honour of David Downes
Newburn
Rock, PaulContributor
Newburn, TimContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2009.
Contributions cover such subjects as criminological theory and the new East End of London, the practice of comparative criminology including an analysis of variations in penal cultures within the US, restorative justice in Colombia, New Labour's politics and policy in relation to dangerous personality-disordered offenders, the legal construction of torture, and the future for a social democratic criminology.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Contributions cover such subjects as criminological theory and the new East End of London, the practice of comparative criminology including an analysis of variations in penal cultures within the US, restorative justice in Colombia, New Labour's politics and policy in relation to dangerous personality-disordered offenders, the legal construction of torture, and the future for a social democratic criminology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency