Description |
xiv, 226 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Making sense of crime control / Kevin Stenson -- The politics of crime : the American experience / a debate between Elliott Currie and James Q. Wilson -- Crime prevention : the British experience / John Bright -- The political construction of crime prevention : a contrast between the French and British experience / Michael King -- The politics of prostitution and drug control / Neil Boyd and John Lowman -- Freedom, responsibility and justice : the criminology of the 'new right' / Chris R. Tame -- Left realism and the priorities of crime control / Jock Young -- The theoretical and political priorities of critical criminology / Phil Scraton and Kathryn Chadwick -- Violence against women and children : the contradictions of crime control under patriarchy / Jill Radford and Elizabeth A. Stanko -- Abolitionism and crime control : a contradiction in terms / Willem de Haan |
Analysis |
Crimes Prevention |
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Causes and prevention of crime |
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Central government policies |
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Crime |
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Crime prevention |
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Crime rate |
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Imprisonment alternatives |
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International comparisons |
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Law enforcement |
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Overseas item |
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Police and security services |
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Social problems |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Crime prevention -- Political aspects.
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Crime prevention.
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Criminology.
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Author |
Cowell, David.
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Stenson, Kevin.
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LC no. |
91053149 |
ISBN |
0803983417 |
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0803983425 (paperback) |
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