Criminal Justice : An Introduction to Philosophies, Theories and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415333009 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 248 str.

Ian Marsh

Opis

This text aims to encourage students to develop a deeper understanding of the context and the current workings of the criminal justice system. It offers a review of the major philosophical aims and sociological theories of punishment, the history of justice and punishment and the developing perspective of victimology.

Spis treści

Part 1: History and Theories of Crimes and Justice 1. Why Punish? 2. Theories of Punishment 3. The History of Crime and Justice 4. Victimology Part 2: The Criminal Justice System 5. Police and Policing 6. Courts, Sentencing and the Judiciary 7. Prisons and Imprisonment

O autorze

Ian Marsh is Progamme Leader for Criminology at Liverpool Hope University College and is a widely published textbook author. His recent publications include Theory and Practice in Sociology and Sociology: Making Sense of Society. John Cochrane is Lecturer in History and Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University. Gaynor Melville is lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at Liverpool Hope University College.