Law and Order
Subtitle: An Honest Citizen's Guide to Crime and Control (Themes for the 21st Century Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Polity; POLITY PRESS
Published: September 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780745629971
Subjects: Social work; Crime Prevention; Criminology (General); Social Science; Sociology; Criminology; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; Political Science / Social Services & Welfare; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare
Description: Law and order has become a key issue throughout the world. Crime stories saturate the mass media and politicians compete with each other in a race to be the toughest on crime. Prisons are crammed to bursting point, and police powers and resources extended repeatedly. After decades of explosive increase in crime rates, these have plummeted throughout the Western world in the 1990s. Yet fear of crime and violence, and the security industries catering for these anxieties, grow relentlessly. This book offers an up-to-date analysis of these contemporary trends by providing all honest and concerned citizens with a concise yet comprehensive survey of the sources of current problems and anxieties about crime. With its focus on current policies, problems and debates this book is an excellent introduction to criminology.