Crime, Risk and Justice: The politics of crime control in liberal democracies - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903240395 ISBN 13: 9781903240397

Publisher: Willan, 2000

Synopsis

Crime control has risen rapidly up the social and political agendas to become a central feature of western societies. As inequalities in society have increased, so the actual and perceived risks of crime and other social ills have grown rapidly for all sections of society. Crime has become a central issue to governments, and no longer just a technical operation of law enforcement and adjudication.

This book is concerned with issues arising from these developments. Top criminologists from Britain, the USA and Australia explore the links between crime and risk through a range of themes, from the depiction of crime in the media to the dilemmas of policing, to the new punitiveness of criminal justice systems and the custodial warehousing of the poor and excluded. Crime, Risk and Justice will be of interest to students, academics and practitioners with an interest in crime and crime control and the place they have in modern society.

About this title

About the Author

Kevin Stenson is Professor of Criminology, and Head of the Centre for Criminology, at Middlesex University, UK.

Robert Sullivan is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University New York, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Willan
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903240395
• ISBN 13: 9781903240397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Stenson Kevin, Sullivan Robert