
Criminal Justice
Lucia Zedner(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 8. July 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-19-876366-6 (ISBN)
Description
Following in the tradition of the Clarendon Law Series, Criminal Justice is an extended essay on the core concepts, structures, and processes of the criminal justice system. The book prefers theoretical reflection above detailed description and favours provocative questions over simple answers. Its primary aim is to stimulate students of criminal justice to think critically about what they have learned.
Criminal Justice challenges conventional understanding of crime, criminal justice and punishment by revealing their meanings to be open to multiple interpretations. It explores the historical contingency and cultural specificity of the institutions and practices of criminal justice. And it considers the many, often conflicting, roles fulfilled by the various players in the criminal process. In so doing, it reveals criminal justice to be more diverse and its purposes more contested than conventional accounts allow. The book concludes by examining radical changes in crime control and the pursuit of security and considering their import for criminal justice as we know it.
Criminal Justice challenges conventional understanding of crime, criminal justice and punishment by revealing their meanings to be open to multiple interpretations. It explores the historical contingency and cultural specificity of the institutions and practices of criminal justice. And it considers the many, often conflicting, roles fulfilled by the various players in the criminal process. In so doing, it reveals criminal justice to be more diverse and its purposes more contested than conventional accounts allow. The book concludes by examining radical changes in crime control and the pursuit of security and considering their import for criminal justice as we know it.
Reviews / Votes
This is a beautiful book...Zedner writes lucidly, analyses sharply but also summarises complex material in an accessible manner. * D. Downes, British Society of Criminology Newsletter *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Students taking a course in Criminal Justice as part of their LLB or Criminology degree course. The book will also be of interest to academics in the field.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-876366-6 (9780198763666)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Lucia Zedner is Reader in Criminal Justice, Law Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and an Associate Member of the Centre for Criminological Research, University of Oxford.
Content
1. Criminal Justice ; 2. Crime ; 3. Punishment ; 4. Criminal Process ; 5. Court ; 6. Financial and Community Penalties ; 7. Prisons ; 8. From Criminal Justice to the Security Society?