Understanding Criminal Justice: A Critical Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780415670227 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 174 str.

Azrini Wahidin

Opis

Few subjects provoke as much public fascination and political concern as crime, criminality, criminology, and criminal justice policy and practice. This text seeks to provide students with a critical introduction to the range of theoretical, policy and operational issues faced by the criminal justice system in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 21st century.

Spis treści

1. What is crime? 2. What is the criminal justice system? 3. Police and policing 4. Prosecution and the court process 5. Probation and community justice 6. Prisons and the abolitionist debate 7.Youth justice: Context, systems and practices 8. Restorative justice: An alternative mode of justice? 9. Conclusion: Beyond criminal justice?

O autorze

Azrini Wahidin is a Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice in the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast, where she teaches criminology and criminal justice. She has written extensively in the field of older offenders in the criminal justice system and women in prison. Her books include: Older Women in the Criminal Justice System: Running Out of Time (Jessica Kingsley, 2004), Foucault and Ageing (Nova Press, 2005), Understanding Prison Staff (Willan, 2007) and Ageing, Crime and Society (Willan, 2006). Her current research interests include the resettlement needs of young offenders and the experiences of Republican political prisoners.

Nicola Carr is a lecturer in the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast, where she teaches social work law and practice in the criminal justice system. She is a qualified probation officer and has worked with both adults and young people in this context. Her research interests include community sentences, crime and criminal justice in the media, and narrative approaches in the study of offending behaviour.