Bibliograph

The politics of crime control, essays in honour of David Downes, edited by Tim Newburn and Paul Rock

Type

Label

The politics of crime control, essays in honour of David Downes, edited by Tim Newburn and Paul Rock

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The politics of crime control

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

798066918

Responsibility statement

edited by Tim Newburn and Paul Rock

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

essays in honour of David Downes

Summary

Contributions cover such subjects as criminological theory and the new East End of London, the practice of comparative criminology including an analysis of variations in penal cultures within the US, restorative justice in Colombia, New Labour's politics and policy in relation to dangerous personality-disordered offenders, the legal construction of torture, and the future for a social democratic criminology

Target audience

specialized

Classification