Full Description
To honour the extraordinary contribution of Professor Anthony Edward Bottoms to criminology and criminal justice, leading criminologists and penal scholars have been asked to contribute original essays on the wide range of areas in which he has written. The book starts by reflecting on the depth and breadth of Anthony's contribution and his melding of perspectives from moral philosophy, social theory, empirical social science research, and criminal justice.
This is no ordinary collection, because it also contains a major essay by Anthony Bottoms, on Criminology and 'positive morality', reflecting on social order and social norms. In similar vein, Jonathan Jacobs approaches criminology from a moral philosophical viewpoint, whilst Ian Loader and Richard Sparks ponder social theory and contemporary criminology. Topically, Peter Neyroud reflects on evidence-based practice and the process of trying to do experiments in relation to policing.
In the second section of the book on Crime, Justice, and Communities, Loraine Gelsthorpe reminds us that justice is about people, in considering the treatment of women in community justice. Joanna Shapland draws parallels between the process of desistance from crime and the potential role of restorative justice in affecting offenders' journeys. P.-O. Wikstrom reflects on the social ecology of crime, whilst Antje Du Bois Pedain considers the theoretical and practical challenges of sentencing constructively.
Finally, the book turns to Anthony Bottoms' major interest in punishment and penal order. David Garland puts penal populism under the microscope, whilst Alison Liebling explores the empirical evidence for theories of penal legitimacy. Mike Nellis looks back at the use of the creative arts in prisons in Scotland's Barlinnie Unit, whilst Justice Tankebe explores police legitimacy.
Contents
Part 1: Introduction
1: The Editors: Anthony Bottoms: An Appreciation
2: Richard Sparks and Caroline Lanskey: Reflections on the Life of a British Criminologist
Part 2: Social Order and the Criminological Enterprise
3: Professor Anthony Bottoms: Criminology and 'Positive Morality'
4: Professor Jonathan Jacobs: In Dialogue with Philosophy: Recovering the Moral Sciences Through Criminology
5: Dr Peter Neyroud: Learning to Experiment: The Police, Science, and Evidence-Based Practice
6: Professor Ian Loader and Professor Richard Sparks: Reasonable Hopes: Social Theory, Critique and Reconstruction in Contemporary Criminology
Part 3: Crime, Justice, and Communities
7: Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe: Keeping a Human Perspective: Some Lessons from Women and Community Justice
8: Professor Joanna Shapland: Desistance from Crime and the Potential Role of Restorative Justice
9: Professor Per-Olof Wikström: Towards a True Social Ecology of Crime: On the Limitations of a Criminology Without People
10: Dr Antje du Bois-Pedain: Constructive Sentencing through Custody-avoiding Sanctions: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Challenges
Part 4: Punishment and Penal Order
11: Professor David Garland: What is Penal Populism? Public Opinion, Expert Knowledge, and Penal Policy-Formation in Democratic Societies
12: Professor Alison Liebling: Penal Legitimacy, Well-Being and Trust: The Role of Empirical Research in 'Morally Serious' Work
13: Professor Mike Nellis: Creative Arts, Offender Rehabilitation, and Penal Reform: Remembering the Early Years of the Barlinnie Special Unit
14: Dr Justice Tankebe: Rightful Authority: Exploring the Structure of Police Self-Legitimacy
