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Student handbook of criminal justice and criminology / Handbook of criminal justice and criminology Criminal justice and criminology edited by John Muncie and David Wilson. - London : Cavendish, 2004. - 1 online resource (xi, 312 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part, PART 1 APPROACHING CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY -- chapter 1 CONTEMPORARY CRIMINOLOGY, CRIME AND STRATEGIES OF CRIME CONTROL -- chapter 2 THE POLITICS AND PROCESSES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- chapter 3 RESEARCHING CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- part, PART 2 UNRAVELLING CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY -- chapter 4 CRIMINAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC OPINION, FEAR AND POPULAR POLITICS -- chapter 5 MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- chapter 6 MINORITIES, CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- chapter 7 GENDER, CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- chapter 8 VICTIMS, CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- chapter 9 ISLAM AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- chapter 10 REGULATION AND CORPORATE CRIME -- chapter 11 GLOBALISATION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS -- part, PART 3 DELIVERING CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- chapter 12 CRIME PREVENTION, COMMUNITY SAFETY, AND CRIME AND DISORDER REDUCTION -- chapter 13 POLICE AND POLICING -- chapter 14 SENTENCING AND COURT PROCESSES -- chapter 15 YOUTH CRIME AND YOUTH JUSTICE -- chapter 16 PROBATION AND COMMUNITY PENALTIES -- chapter 17 THINKING ABOUT IMPRISONMENT -- chapter 18 RESTORATIVE AND INFORMAL JUSTICE -- chapter 19 CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND.

It discusses crime and criminology in relation to the media, race, Islam, gender and politics, and considers all the relevant theoretical debates that dominate criminology. Chapters on the police, courts, probation and prisons are included, along with more theoretical chapters regarding crime prevention, youth justice, and restorative and informal justice. The Handbook also includes comparative materials and international criminal courts.


English.

ISBN: 9781135334345 (electronic bk.) 113533434X (electronic bk.) (Paper) 0761836497 9780761836490 1280719796 9781280719790 1282376519 9781282376519 9786610719792 6610719799 9786612376511 6612376511 1843147009 9781843147008

Standard No.: 10.4324/9781843147008 doi

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain.
Criminology--Great Britain.
Justice pénale--Administration--Grande-Bretagne.
Criminologie--Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Criminology.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Criminology.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV9960.G7 / S78 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 364

Gov. Doc. Class. No.: CRI1001