Understanding Crime and Social Policy

ISBN-13: 9781847425003 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 224 str.

Emma Wincup

Opis

This book explores the relationship between crime and social policy from both a theoretical and empirical approach. Analyzing various governmental policies, Emma Wincup reflects upon the multiplicity of influences that shape the formulation of crime control policies, the changing nature of government, and the enhanced role of the welfare state in addressing crime. Utilizing a host of policy examples, she offers a thorough look at the close connections and occasional tensions between crime reduction and social policy agendas."

Spis treści

Introducing crime and Social Policy; Crime and criminalisation; Influences on crime policy; Delivering crime policy; The resettlement of prisoners; When policy arenas collide: tackling problem drug use; Case study 1: Troubled’ or ‘Troublesome’ Families? Social Policy and Crime Prevention; Case study 2: anti-social behaviour; Case study 3: drug ‘misuse’; Concluding comments.