Values in Criminology and Community Justice (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Cowburn, Malcolm; Senior, Paul; Robinson, Anne; Duggan, Marian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The way we think about crime and the way that society responds to it are imbued with values that can determine what is considered important and what gets attention. Sometimes values that are claimed may not be the values expressed in practice, as we see in the multiple and confusing discourses about victims and offenders, punishment and protection, rights and responsibilities.

This collection of writings considers values in crime theory, criminal justice and research practice, uncovering the many different 'sides' - to echo Howard Becker's famous phrase - that criminologists, policy makers and researchers take. It spans Marxist, postmodernist and feminist perspectives on criminology, analyses of the dynamics of race, gender and age, research methods and ethics, the working of the criminal justice system and engages with current debates about new challenges for criminology, such as the green movement and Islamophobia.

This is a timely and thought-provoking collection which will be of interest to academics and students in criminology and criminal justice, and on professional courses, such as probation and youth justice practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447320630
• Artikelnr.: 42565953

Autorenporträt

Malcolm Cowburn is professor emeritus of applied social science, Marian Duggan is a senior lecturer in criminology, Anne Robinson is a senior lecturer in criminology and leader for the Certificate in Offender Management Programme, and Paul Senior is professor of probation studies and director of the Hallam Centre for Community Justice, all at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.