Beyond Law and Order
Criminal Justice Policy and Politics into the 1990s
Published on 12. April 1991
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-333-54280-4 (ISBN)
Description
"Law and Order" was a central part of the platform which took Mrs Thatcher and the Conservatives into office in 1979. They highlighted increasing crime rates and growing disorder, blaming these on the Labour Government. They pledged to reduce crime through a package of tough "law and order" policies. After a decade in office it is clear that the programme has failed to deliver. Crime rates and disorder have escalated relentlessly. This has forced the government into a U-term, emphasizing the limits of the criminal justice system as a means of controlling crime. The Left for its part has espoused a "new realism" in the area of crime control. The essays in this volume report on recent research on the changing contours of policy on "law and order". They provide a comprehensive account of the main features of crime control practice in the 1980s, and the likely key trends of the 1990s.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 142 mm
Weight
469 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-54280-4 (9780333542804)
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Robert Reiner | Malcolm Cross
Beyond Law and Order
Criminal Justice Policy and Politics into the 1990s
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04/1991
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Content
Privatization and the police function - from "New Police" to "New Policing", Les Johnston; "Creeping Privatisation"? The police, the Conservative government and policing in the late 1980s, Philip Rawlings; chief constables in England and Wales - a social portrait of a criminal justice elite, Robert Reiner; the dual role of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland, Kathleen Magee; mirroring the market? Police reorganization and effectiveness against drug trafficking, Nicholas Dorn, Karim Murji and Nigel South; investigating tax and supplementary benefit fraud, Dee Cook; community involvement in criminal justice - the representativeness of volunteers, R.I.Mawby; a fresh start - managing the prison service, Roy D.King and Kathleen McDermott; under siege - probation in a changing environment, Tim May; partnership in a jocal juvenile justice system - the case for marginality, Kate Lyon; victims, crime prevention and social control, Sandra Walklate; left realism in criminology and the return to consensus theory, Kevin Stenson, and Nigel Brearley.