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Author:   Roger Matthews ,  Jock Young
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Willan Publishing
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9781903240922

ISBN 10:   1903240921
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 July 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. New Labour, crime control and social exclusion 2. Winning the fight against crime? New Labour, populism and lost opportunities 3. Institutional racism in policing: the Macpherson report and its consequences 4. Youth justice in England and Wales 5. It's the family, stupid: continuities and reinterpretations of the dysfunctional family as the cause of crime in three political periods 6. Drugs: the great cannabis debate 7. Urban regeneration and crime reduction: contradictions and dilemmas 8. The politics of policing: managerialism, modernization and performance 9. Of crowds, crimes and carnivals 10. Probation into the millennium: the punishing service? 11. Rethinking penal policy: towards a systems approach

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Roger Matthews is Professor of Criminology at Middlesex University. Published books include Doing Time (Macmillan, 1999) and Imprisonment (Dartmouth, 1999). Jock Young is Professor of Sociology at Kent University. His research interests span social inclusion and exclusion, including moral panics, deviancy amplification, moral indignation, and the punitive turn.

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