Beschreibung:
This student-friendly text offers a comprehensive overview of current debates and key issues in the delivery of criminal justice and examines how it operates in context and in practice with a wealth of features such as case studies and questions.
1. What is crime? 2. What is the criminal justice system? 3. Police and policing 4. Prosecution and the court process 5. Probation and community justice 6. Prisons and the abolitionist debate 7.Youth justice: Context, systems and practices 8. Restorative justice: An alternative mode of justice? 9. Conclusion: Beyond criminal justice?