Leon Radzinowicz

Adventures in Criminology (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a profound overview of the changing understanding of crime and criminals, of criminal justice systems and penology, and of the tensions and dilemmas these pose for democratic societies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134639342
• Artikelnr.: 42653395

Autorenporträt

Sir Leon Radzinowicz, LL.D FBA, is a leading figure in the development of criminology in the twentieth century. Adventures in Criminology draws on his extraordinary range of personal experiences during a career spanning over seventy years, from the 1920s to the present day. It provides a remarkable overview of changing approaches to criminality and explores the tensions and dilemmas which beset criminal justice and penal systems in all democratic societies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. At the Creation 2. From an Active Volcano to a Well-Ordered Scenery 3.
Towards a Medical Model of a Criminal Justice 4. A Penological Cul-de-Sac
5. Trying to Break Down Traditional Barriers 6. The Socio-Liberal Approach
to Criminal Policy 7. Reaching the Harbour 8. Putting Criminology on the
National Map 9. Making it Work: Infusing Reality into an Idea 10. The
Awkward Question of Capital Punishment 11. An Issue Which Refuses to go
Away 12. A Prison System in Crisis 13. A Fruitful Approach to Penal Reform
14. The Death of a Royal Commission 15. Seeking International Solutions 16.
Some Forays Abroad and at Home 17. A Grim Penal Outlook 18. A Brief for
Criminology