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Evangelicalism, Penal Theory and the Politics of Criminal Lawby Richard R. Follett
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2000; US$ 140.00Following the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807, a group of politicians began to agitate for reform of England's "bloody code" of criminal statutes. This examines the politics and propaganda of criminal law reform from 1808 to the Whig succession to power in 1830. more...
Crime And Punishment In Englandby John Briggs
Taylor & Francis 1996; US$ 42.95An introductory text on the social history of crime, deviancy and criminal behaviour from 1100 to the present day. more...
Third Party Policingby Lorraine Mazerolle; Janet Ransley; Alfred Blumstein; David Farrington
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 39.00The first comprehensive exploration of a major change in crime control which has seen responsibility no longer primarily with state agencies but shared between a wide range of organizations and individuals. Exactly how third party policing works, practical issues and ethical implications are all integrated with original research and theory. more...
Profiling and Criminal Justice in Americaby Jeffrey B. Bumgarner
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 55.00This reference work on criminal justice in America looks at profiling and its use and misuse by legal and police authorities. It features a chronology of key events in American criminal justice including discussions of key court cases, developments in criminal procedure and more. more...
Politics, Punishment, and Populismby Daniel B. Windlesham
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 110.00Former minister and current British government legislator Lord Windlesham examines the American federal crime-control laws that surfaced before and after the 1994 "Republican Revolution" in Congress. He focuses on the pressure populist opinion and special interests exert on shaping crime policy. more...
From Social Justice to Criminal Justiceby William C. Heffernan; John Kleinig
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 95.00This volume of essays by philosophers of law and political philosophers looks at the ethical difficulties inherent in this situation from a variety of perspectives. more...
The Unwritten Lawby Carolyn A. Conley
Oxford University Press 1991; US$ 145.00This account of criminal justice in Victorian England examines the gap between the formal laws and the unwritten law of the community, and analyzes how law-breakers were treated differently according to class, gender and status. more...
Conflict, Politics and Crimeby Chris Cunneen
Allen & Unwin 2001; US$ 31.81A thought-provoking analysis of how Indigenous people are policed and what effect this has on their communities. more...
Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justiceby Mike Hough; Julian Roberts
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 47.98This book provides an introduction to public attitudes towards criminal justice. It explores the public's lack of confidence in criminal justice processes, and summarizes findings on public attitudes towards the three principal components of the criminal process: the police, the courts, and the prison system. It examines the importance that people attach to different criminal justice functions, such as preventing crime, prosecuting and punishing offenders, and protecting the public. Topics include:. Youth justice and public opinion. Public perception of restorative justice. Penal populism and media treatment of crime. The reliability of public opinion polls. The drivers of public opinion. Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice provides... more...
Global Outlawsby Carolyn Nordstrom
University of California Press 2007; US$ 26.95Carolyn Nordstrom explores the pathways of global crime in this stunning work of anthropology that has the power to change the way we think about the world. To write this book, she spent three years traveling to hot spots in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the United States investigating the dynamics of illegal trade around the world?from blood diamonds and arms to pharmaceuticals, exotica, and staples like food and oil. Global Outlaws peels away the layers of a vast economy that extends from a war orphan in Angola selling Marlboros on the street to powerful transnational networks reaching across continents and oceans. Nordstrom's extraordinary fieldwork includes interviews with scores of informants, including the smugglers, victims, power elite,... more...









