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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-...

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Weitere Verfasser: Quirk, Hannah, 1973- (HerausgeberIn), Seddon, Toby, 1970- (HerausgeberIn), Smith, Graham, 1957- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Printed Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:xix, 321 p.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781107417007