Crime and Inequality
Publisher: Willan Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cullompton
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781843925415
Subjects: Sociological aspects; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Economic aspects; Equality before the law; Social policy; Crime
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.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Prelims; Table of Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Crime and inequality; Chapter 3 Young men; Chapter 4 Parenting and anti-social behaviour; Chapter 5 Women, crime and inequality; Chapter 6 Crime, inequality and ethnicity; Chapter 7 Street homelessness and crime; Chapter 8 Financial penalties: punishing poor people; Chapter 9 Conclusion; Glossary of terms; References; Author index; Subject index.