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Regulation and Criminal Justice : Innovations in Policy and Research /
"While regulatory institutions and strategies have been the subject of increasing academic attention, there has been limited application of regulatory theories to criminal justice scholarship. This collection of essays from a range of outstanding international scholars adopts a critical, inter-...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Cover image |
| Summary: | "While regulatory institutions and strategies have been the subject of increasing academic attention, there has been limited application of regulatory theories to criminal justice scholarship. This collection of essays from a range of outstanding international scholars adopts a critical, inter-disciplinary approach, providing an innovative application of regulatory theory to the practice of criminal justice and offering suggestions for further research. Part I explores the aims and values of criminal justice and other regulatory networks and the synergies and tensions between these fields; Part II examines criminal justice as a regulatory force to control 'deviant' and anti-social behaviour and Part III examines the regulation and oversight of criminal justice through the operation of prison inspectorates and explores notions of responsive justice"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 321 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107417007 |