Controlling Crime (Published in association with The Open University)

by John Muncie (Author), Eugene McLaughlin (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  The Second Edition of Controlling Crime provides an important evaluation of criminal justice in the United Kingdom during a period of rapid social change. Each chapter encourages historical, comparative and critical reflection on the organizational logics, powers, procedures and practices of the criminal justice system. Intended as essential reading for students of criminology, criminal justice, community safety, socio-legal studies, sociology of crime and deviance and social policy, Controlling Crime will also be of interest to anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the operation of contemporary criminal justice systems.

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  Paperback
  1996

  $5.81

  This innovative textbook adopts a series of vantage points to assess the historical emergence, function and purpose of modern criminal justice systems. The areas covered include: origins of the police; police powers, accountability and management; criminal courts and sentencing practices; the emergence of the prison, prison privatization; penal policy; youth justice; punishment in the community; and crime prevention and community safety. Collectively, the chapters provide an accessible overview of the nature of contemporary British criminal justice and encourage historical, comparative and critical analysis of its powers, practices and procedures. The book is the course text for The Open University course D315 Crime, Order and Social Control.

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  Paperback
  2001

  $41.57

  The Second Edition of Controlling Crime provides an important evaluation of criminal justice in the United Kingdom during a period of rapid social change. Each chapter encourages historical, comparative and critical reflection on the organizational logics, powers, procedures and practices of the criminal justice system. Intended as essential reading for students of criminology, criminal justice, community safety, socio-legal studies, sociology of crime and deviance and social policy, Controlling Crime will also be of interest to anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the operation of contemporary criminal justice systems.