Criminal Justice Policy
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published on 25. June 1998
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-1-85898-568-8 (ISBN)
Description
Criminal Justice Policy is an authoritative collection of previously published writings addressing the most important issues which have dominated the field during the past fifteen years.Topics covered include: international perspectives on the extent and nature of crime; theoretical explanations for the onset, escalation and termination of criminal behaviour; the social context of crime; evaluating alternative crime policy options; crime control policy and the future.
Criminal Justice Policy should be required reading for community leaders, for policymakers at all levels of government and for members of the general public actively interested in creating more effective crime policies.
Criminal Justice Policy should be required reading for community leaders, for policymakers at all levels of government and for members of the general public actively interested in creating more effective crime policies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85898-568-8 (9781858985688)
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Edited by Jodi Lane, Assistant Professor in Criminology and Sociology, Center for Studies in Criminology and Law, University of Florida, US and the late Joan Petersilia, formerly Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, US
Content
Contents:
Introduction
Part I: The Extent and Nature of Crime: International Perspectives
Part II: Theoretical Explanations for the Onset, Escalation, and Termination of Criminal Behavior
Part III: The Social Context of Crime
Part IV: Evaluating Alternative Crime Policy Options
Part V: Crime Control Policy and the Future: What is to be Done?
Index
Introduction
Part I: The Extent and Nature of Crime: International Perspectives
Part II: Theoretical Explanations for the Onset, Escalation, and Termination of Criminal Behavior
Part III: The Social Context of Crime
Part IV: Evaluating Alternative Crime Policy Options
Part V: Crime Control Policy and the Future: What is to be Done?
Index