Criminal Justice and the Pursuit of Decency - Hardcover

Rutherford, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192158961 ISBN 13: 9780192158963

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1993

Synopsis

A succession of miscarriages of justice have led many to doubt that British justice is the best in the world. Issues such as prison overcrowding and electronic tagging have also highlighted the way in which offenders are treated. In this study, Andrew Rutherford examines the beliefs and sentiments of those working within the criminal justice system. Prompting his work was the conviction that it is the values they hold that shape and determine policy. He interviewed senior professionals in the police, the courts and the prosecution, probation and prison services.

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Review

A highly readable and illuminating work --The Times

One of those rare books that deserves a wide readership across the disciplines of criminal justice --Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

At a time when humanity in criminal justice is commonly ranked below efficiency and value for money . . . the need for vigilance is greater than ever --British Journal of Criminology

Without people committed to humanising penal practice, criminal justice can so easily sink into apathy and pointless repression --Sunday Telegraph

One of those rare books that deserves a wide readership across the disciplines of criminal justice --Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

About the Author

Andrew Rutherford is Professor in Law at Southampton University. From 1984 to 1999 he was chairman of the Howard League for Penal Reform. He is the author of Prisons and the Process of Justice (Heineman), Growing Out of Crime: The New Era and Criminal Justice and the Pursuit of Decency (both Waterside Press).

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192158961
• ISBN 13: 9780192158963
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 211