This is the first book to cover comprehensively and accessibly the area of applied criminology. It draws together leading experts with experience of teaching, research and practice. Each chapter engages with the application of criminology in a particular area of the community and criminal justice system, and offers: An overview of the relationship between criminological theory and policy and practice developments. Critical reflection on whether criminology has been meaningfully engaged - paying particular attention to the contemporary issues and debates.Evaluation of the implications for diverse communities, paying particular attention to discrimination and oppression and criminal justice values.Summaries, case studies and further reading to support knowledge and understanding.  The book is accompanied by a companion website to enhance the learning experience. This includes: Lecture notesOnline readingsStudent exercisesCase studiesUseful links  
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Leading experts provide the first available textbook on Applied Criminology for students of criminology.
Applied Criminology Applied Criminology Criminological Policy, Practice and Research ′Diversity′ Contested Meanings and Differential Consequences Policing the Community in the 21st Century Prisons and Penal Policy Accountability, Legitimacy and Discretion Applying Criminology in Professional Practice Youth Justice Policy and Practice Reclaiming Applied Criminology as Critical Intervention Interventions Responsibility, Rights or Reconciliation? Risk Management, Accountability and Partnerships in Criminal Justice The Case of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Restorative Justice Theory, Policy and Practice Corporate Crime and its Victims
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′This is an impressively current and relevant introduction to criminology in its applied form by some leading experts in their fields. A fitting tribute to Brian Williams (who was concerned always about the impact of criminal justice and penal policies and practice on both victims and offenders), this book fills a significant gap in criminological literature and is destined to become a core text for students of criminology and, hopefully for policy makers and practitioners too.′ Dr. Maurice Vanstone Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice Swansea University ′This is an excellent book which reflects not just the authors′ impressive knowledge of theory and research but their commitment to work constructively and creatively at the interfaces between theory, research, policy and practice. Far from offering a sterile and uncritical administrative criminology, this book meets head-on Nils Christie′s challenge that criminology be ′problem-raising′ as well as ′problem-solving′ for the state and its agencies of crime control. It deserves to be widely read by practitioners, managers, policy-makers, students and academics alike.′ Dr Fergus McNeill, Glasgow School of Social Work, Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781412947312
Publisert
2008-04-22
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Inc
Vekt
530 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
224

Biographical note

Dr Brian Stout is Associate Head of the School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University. The School has partnerships with Leicestershire Constabulary and Nottinghamshire Police and delivers training and education to police officers, police community support officers and other professionals within the extended police family. Dr Stout was formerly a probation officer in Northern Ireland and has extensive experience of teaching equality and diversity to probation, police and other undergraduate students on applied programmes in both the United Kingdom and South Africa.