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Robert Reiner - Law and Order: An Honest Citizen´s Guide to Crime and Control - 9780745629964 - V9780745629964
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Law and Order: An Honest Citizen´s Guide to Crime and Control

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Description for Law and Order: An Honest Citizen´s Guide to Crime and Control Hardback. Law and order has become a key issue throughout the world. Crime stories saturate the mass media and politicians shrilly compete with each other in a race to be the toughest on crime. Prisons are crammed to bursting point, and police powers and resources extended repeatedly. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 382.
Law and order has become a key issue throughout the world. Crime stories saturate the mass media and politicians shrilly compete with each other in a race to be the toughest on crime. Prisons are crammed to bursting point, and police powers and resources extended repeatedly. After decades of explosive increase in crime rates, these have plummeted throughout the Western world in the 1990s. Yet fear of crime and violence, and the security industries catering for these anxieties, grow relentlessly.

This book offers an up-to-date analysis of these contemporary trends by providing all honest and concerned citizens with ... Read more

The book is intended to inform public debate about these vital issues through a critical deconstruction of prevailing orthodoxy. With its focus on current policies, problems and debates this book is also an excellent introduction to criminology for the growing numbers of students of the subject at all levels.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Themes for the 21st Century Series
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745629964
SKU
V9780745629964
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-25

About Robert Reiner
Robert Reiner is Professor of Criminology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Reviews for Law and Order: An Honest Citizen´s Guide to Crime and Control
"A brilliantly clear analysis of the causes of crime and the effects of current crime control policies." Tribune "A fascinating and engaging review of the contemporary politics of law and order and a sustained critique of neo-liberalism." Criminology and Criminal Justice "In this strong and deeply felt book, Robert Reiner makes the ... Read more

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