Crime and Criminal Justice Policy by Tim Newburn
A comprehensive user friendly introduction to the field of British criminal justice, fully revised and updated including original documents and topical accounts.
Crime and Criminal Justice Policy
Crime and Criminal Justice Policy
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Summary
'Crime and Criminal Justice Policy', second edition, provides a general update and revision, and records the substantial changes in British criminal justice policy and legislation over the last five years, particularly those introduced by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. There is also a new chapter on crime prevention and community safety and more.
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"This is an outstanding introduction to the history, development and current issues of some key areas of criminal justice policy in England and Wales...It is well written, easy to follow...A superb student text but also a most for anyone new to the field." Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice
Table of Contents
Introduction 1 The emergence of the modern penal system The emergence of a new penal system? The inter-War years 2 Prisons and imprisonment in post-War Britain The Criminal Justice Act 1967 Grievances among the incarcerated The May Report The prison crisis escalates Strangeways and the Woolf Report The response to Woolf Privatisation and penal policy The aims of imprisonment? The 1990s and beyond: the spectre of mass incarceration 3 The new police and the emergence of policing policy The emergence of the modern police service The police and policing after the Royal Commission The Royal Commission on the Police 1960 The Police Act 1964 The introduction of Unit Beat Policing The uncovering of corruption in the 1970s A changing political context: policing after 1979 Urban unrest and policing the riots Policing the miners' strike The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Police investigation Police accountability Police complaints Financing the police The spectre of privatisation Crime prevention and community policing 4 Policing: the 1990s and beyond The White Paper on police reform The Sheehy Inquiry The Royal Commission on Criminal Justice The Home Office Review of Core and Ancillary Tasks The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 Other aspects of centralisation Policing under 'New' Labour' The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry The Crime and Disorder Act 1998
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GOR001487276
9780582369559
058236955X
Crime and Criminal Justice Policy by Tim Newburn
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pearson Education Limited
2003-09-25
320
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