Full Description
In this book six leading criminologists address the central issues of ideology, crime and criminal justice in a series of essays originally presented at a symposium held in honour of Sir Leon Radzinowicz in Cambridge in March 2001. This book is concerned with the key themes of the history of criminal justice, the history and development of criminological thought, and criminal justice policy. Each of the contributed chapters makes an original and important contribution to the development of the discipline of criminology. This book is valuable reading for anybody interested in the past and present of the discipline of criminology, explored through essays on morality, prisons, policing, criminal justice and penal policy.
Contents
Sir Leon Radzinowicz: an appreciation. Recollections of Sir Leon Radzinowicz Part 1: Theory 1. Ideology and crime - a further chapter 2. Morality, crime, compliance and public policy Part 2: History 3. Gentlemen convicts, dynamitards and paramilitaries: the limits of criminal justice 4. The English police: a unique development? Part 3: Prisons 5. A 'liberal regime within a secure perimeter'?: dispersal prisons and penal practice in the late twentieth century Part 4: Policy 6. Criminology and penal policy: the vital role of empirical research. Sir Leon Radzinowicz: a bibliography
