Changing Contours of Criminal Justice
. Ed(S): Bosworth, Dr Mary; Hoyle, Carolyn; Zedner, Lucia
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Hardcover. This collection will provide an engaging and critical account of the current state of criminal justice and the origins and implications of contemporary practice, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Oxford Centre for Criminology and featuring contributions from leading internationally-renowned criminologists. Editor(s): Bosworth, Dr Mary; Hoyle, Carolyn; Zedner, Lucia. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JKV; LAR; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Oxford Centre for Criminology, this edited collection of essays seeks to explore the changing contours of criminal justice over the past half century and to consider possible shifts over the next few decades. The question of how social science disciplines develop and change does not invite any easy answer, with the task made all the more difficult given the highly politicised nature of some subjects and the volatile, evolving status of its institutions and practices. A case in point is criminal justice: at once fairly parochial, much criminal justice scholarship is now global ... Read more
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Oxford Centre for Criminology, this edited collection of essays seeks to explore the changing contours of criminal justice over the past half century and to consider possible shifts over the next few decades. The question of how social science disciplines develop and change does not invite any easy answer, with the task made all the more difficult given the highly politicised nature of some subjects and the volatile, evolving status of its institutions and practices. A case in point is criminal justice: at once fairly parochial, much criminal justice scholarship is now global ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198783237
SKU
V9780198783237
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About . Ed(S): Bosworth, Dr Mary; Hoyle, Carolyn; Zedner, Lucia
Professor Mary Bosworth is Professor in Criminology and Fellow of St Cross College , University of Oxford, and Professor of Criminology, Monash University, Australia. Her research interests include: immigration detention, punishment, race, gender and citizenship. She is author of Engendering Resistance: Agency and Power in Women's Prisons (1999, Ashgate); The US Federal Prison System (2002, Sage); Race, Gender and Punishment: ... Read more
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