The politics of crime control : essays in honour of David Downes /

Contributions cover such subjects as criminological theory and the new East End of London, the practice of comparative criminology including an analysis of variations in penal cultures within the US, restorative justice in Colombia, New Labour's politics and policy in relation to dangerous pers...

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Other Authors: Downes, David M., Newburn, Tim, Rock, Paul Elliott
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Contributions cover such subjects as criminological theory and the new East End of London, the practice of comparative criminology including an analysis of variations in penal cultures within the US, restorative justice in Colombia, New Labour's politics and policy in relation to dangerous personality-disordered offenders, the legal construction of torture, and the future for a social democratic criminology.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 333 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191701948
0191701947
9780199565955
0199565953