Crime and inequality
By: Chris Grover.
Publisher: Willan Publishing; Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Uffculme; Portland Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781843923299; 9781843923305
Subjects: Discrimination in criminal justice administration.; Equality before the law.; Crime -- Sociological aspects.; Crime -- Economic aspects.
Description: "This book examines key relationships between material circumstances and crime, and analyses the areas of social policy - in particular social security and labour market policy - that are most important in terms of dealing with inequality at the lower end of the income hierarchy. It seeks to explain why inequality is linked to offending behaviour and the evidence underpinning explanations for this, and looks in detail at the relationship between offending and anti-social behaviour and its management through social policy interventions. Crime and Inequality draws upon both criminological and social policy approaches to understand this vital relationship, moving beyond criminological approaches which often fail to analyse the way the state attempts to manage poor material circumstance, offending and anti-social behaviour through social policy."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.