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"This is an outstanding introduction to the history, development and current issues of some key areas of criminal justice policy in England and Wales...It is well written, easy to follow...A superb student text but also a most for anyone new to the field." - Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice
Crime and Criminal Justice Policy
is an introduction to the history of British criminal justice policy and a survey of the current debates about the British criminal justice and penal systems. It is a comprehensive and user friendly introduction to the field. The book covers not just the courts, probation and prison services but also policing, crime prevention and the issues surrounding the treatment of victims by the criminal justice system.
This new edition provides a substantial update and revision, and records the major changes in criminal justice policy and legislation over the last decade, particularly those introduced by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, and the Police Reform Act 2002.
Introduction
1 The emergence of the modern penal system
The emergence of a new penal system?
The inter-War years
2 Prisons and imprisonment in post-War Britain
The Criminal Justice Act 1967
Grievances among the incarcerated
The May Report
The prison crisis escalates
Strangeways and the Woolf Report
The response to Woolf
Privatisation and penal policy
The aims of imprisonment?
The 1990s and beyond: the spectre of mass incarceration
3 The new police and the emergence of policing policy
The emergence of the modern police service
The police and policing after the Royal Commission
The Royal Commission on the Police 1960
The Police Act 1964
The introduction of Unit Beat Policing
The uncovering of corruption in the 1970s
A changing political context: policing after 1979
Urban unrest and policing the riots
Policing the miners' strike
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Police investigation
Police accountability
Police complaints
Financing the police
The spectre of privatisation
Crime prevention and community policing
4 Policing: the 1990s and beyond
The White Paper on police reform
The Sheehy Inquiry
The Royal Commission on Criminal Justice
The Home Office Review of Core and Ancillary Tasks
The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994
Other aspects of centralisation
Policing under 'New' Labour'
The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998
The Patten Inquiry
Police reform programme
Conclusion
5 Crime prevention and community safety
Defining crime prevention
The rebirth of crime prevention
The problem of governance
New Labour and community safety
Conclusion
6 Probation: from advise, assist and befriend to punishment in the community
The origins of the probation service
The Probation of Offenders Act 1907
The emergence of bureaucracy
The rise of the 'diagnostician'
From alternatives to custody' to 'punishment in the community'
Statement of National Objectives and Priorities
Punishment, custody and the community
Enter the auditors
Crime, justice and protecting the public
The Criminal Justice Act 1991
The probation service and 'What Works'
Concluding comments
7 Sentencing and non-custodial penalties
The probation order
Community service orders
The fine
The suspended sentence of imprisonment
The Criminal Justice Act 1991
Retreat from the 1991 Act
Sentencing reform
Conclusion
8 Youth crime and youth justice
Introduction
Juvenile crime
The history of juvenile justice
The rediscovery of populist punitiveness
New Labour and youth justice
The influence of restorative justice
Conclusion
9 Victims and criminal justice policy
Compensation by the offender and the state
p;Compensation by the state
Compensation by the offender
The emergence of restorative justice
The re-emergence of feminism
Rape and domestic violence
Child abuse
The rise of Victim Support
Progress since the 1990s
Conclusion
10 Conclusion: the future of criminal justice policy
Managerialism and financial control
Local autonomy or state control?
A return to penal populism
Crime, government and image management
Bibliography
Crime and Criminal Justice Policy, 2nd Edition, is a comprehensive introduction to the history of criminal justice and penal policy in Britain. From the emergence of the modern penal system to the most recent developments, this book examines the sources and nature of change and asks what the future holds for criminal justice policy. It has quickly established itself as a thorough and user-friendly introduction to the field. The book covers not just sentencing, probation and prison services but also policing, youth justice, crime prevention and the issues surrounding the treatment of victims by the criminal justice system.
This new edition provides a substantial update and revision, and records the major changes in criminal justice policy and legislation over the last decade, particularly those introduced by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, and the Police Reform Act 2002. There is also an entirely new chapter on crime prevention and community safety and the new edition takes an extended and critical look at criminal justice and penal policy under New Labour.
Crime and Criminal Justice Policy is a key text for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of criminology and criminal justice, as well as those of social policy, sociology, criminal law, social work and youth work. It has also proved an invaluable reference for probation officers, police officers, social workers, youth workers, as well as other professionals and volunteers working in criminal justice.
Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published widely on policing, youth justice and criminal justice policy and is the author of 18 books, the most recent of which are Policing, Surveillance and Social Control (2001), Youth Offending and Restorative Justice (2003) and Criminology, Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice (2003).
"This is an outstanding introduction to the history, development and current issues of some key areas of criminal justice policy in England and Wales...It is well written, easy to follow...A superb student text but also a most for anyone new to the field."
Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice