The new politics of crime and punishment / edited by Roger Matthews, Jock Young.

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TextPublication details: Cullompton, Devon, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781135994754
1135994757
9781843924616
1843924617
1282077236
9781282077232
9786612077234
6612077239

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: New politics of crime and punishment.DDC classification:

364.0941 22

LOC classification:

HV9960.G7 N47 2003eb

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71.65

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Contents:

The New Politics of Crime and Punishment; Copyright Page; Contents; Editors' Preface; About the contributors; 1 New labour, crime control and social exclusion; 2 Winning the fight against crime? New labour, populism and lost opportunities; 3 Institutional racism in policing: the Macpherson report and its consequences; 4 Youth justice in England and Wales; 5 It's the family, stupid: continuities and reinterpretations of the dysfunctional family as the cause of crime in three political periods; 6 Drugs: the great cannabis debate.

7 Urban regeneration and crime reduction: contradictions and dilemmas8 The politics of policing: managerialism, modernization and performance; 9 Of crowds, crimes and carnivals; 10 probation into the millennium: the punishing service?; 11 Rethinking penal policy: towards a systems approach; Index.

Summary: This title provides an overview of recent government initiatives in the field of crime and punishment, reviewing both the policies themselves, the perceived problems and issues they wish to address.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title provides an overview of recent government initiatives in the field of crime and punishment, reviewing both the policies themselves, the perceived problems and issues they wish to address.