Criminal law & procedure

This book aims to provide an accessible introduction to the key issues surrounding ethics in policing, linking this to recent developments and new human rights legislation. It sets out a powerful case for a modern 'ethical policing' approach, and argues that securing and protecting human rights should be a major, if not the major, rationale for public policing. Learn More

Inter-agency Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) were the cornerstone of New Labour's approach to the delivery of youth justice services. Transforming Youth Justice makes a highly significant contribution not only to the way that professional cultures are understood in criminal justice, but to an understanding of the often dissonant relationship between policy and practice. Learn More

This volume brings together research theories with the practical issues of carrying out research, to provide a clear and fascinating guide to contemporary criminological research projects. The experience of leading experts is combined with first-hand accounts from new scholars, to create an invaluable source of information. Learn More

'Anti-social behaviour' has become a label attached to a huge range of nuisance and petty crime, and rarely out of the headlines as tackling this problem has become a central part of the British government's crime control policy. This book aims to explain why anti-social behaviour has gained such a high profile in Britain. Learn More

This critical yet honest appraisal of our criminal justice system addresses its strengths and its flaws-and makes recommendations for improvement. The American Criminal Justice System: How It Works, How It Doesn't, and How to Fix It calls attention to a criminal justice system that needs improvement. Learn More

Explores the tension between the rights of individuals detained under criminal and mental health law and the responsibility for public protection in the little-known world of executive discretion over mentally disordered offenders. This book is suitable for researchers, students, policy-makers, law reformers, and commentators. Learn More

In 1998, after many States signed the Rome Statute, it was expected that justice would prevail over state power and impunity be eliminated. This title includes articles that show the importance of comparative criminal law research to the development of international criminal justice. Learn More

This book offers the first extended, systematic treatment of the issues surrounding CCTV surveillance. Learn More

Crimes, Harms and Wrongs is a philosophical analysis of the nature, significance and ethical limits of criminalisation. Learn More

A comprehensive and accesible overview of the operation of the American criminal justice system. This handbook's extensive coverage of the criminal justice system in the U.S. makes it an important reference for students and scholars in criminal justice, law, and public policy. Learn More

This unique collection brings together leading international scholars to explore how ideologies about masculinities have shaped police culture, policy and institutional organization from the eighteenth century to the present day. Learn More

This book explores the gap between the normative aspirations of liberal, criminal law scholarship and the current criminal law and practice of Anglophone jurisdictions. This gap can in large part be explained by the concern with security and risk which seems set to stay. Learn More

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This book looks at the legal nature of murder and at the current operation of the mandatory life sentence. The book adopts a critical approach, by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the status quo, and also draws upon comparative material from both common and civil law jurisdictions to provide a comprehensive exploration of these issues. Learn More