Crime, Justice and Society in Scotland (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Croall, Hazel; Munro, Mary; Mooney, Gerry

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a comprehensive and critical overview of Scottish Criminal Justice and its relation to wider social inequalities and social justice, with new chapters on research and policy, sectarianism, gangs, victims and justice, organised crime and crimes of the powerful in Scotland.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317748212
• Artikelnr.: 43675783

Autorenporträt

Hazel Croall is Emeritus Professor in Criminology at Glasgow Caledonian University, where she set up and ran a criminology degree. She is the author of several books and articles on the subject of white collar and corporate crime, and was a member of the Scottish Executive Expert Group on corporate manslaughter in 2005. She is the author of Crime and Society in Britain, (2nd edition 2011), co-author of Criminal Justice in England and Wales, and has published both single and joint authored articles and chapters on aspects of Scottish criminal justice as well as being co-editor of Criminal Justice in Scotland (2010) with Gerry Mooney and Mary Munro. She is currently consulting editor of the e-journal Scottish Justice Matters. Gerry Mooney is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University in Scotland. He has written widely across areas spanning Scottish social policy, criminal justice in Scotland, poverty and inequality, urban studies and class divisions. Among his recent publications are Poverty in Scotland 2014 (co-edited with John McKenzie, John Dickie, Gill Scott and Peter Kelly) (CPAG, 2014) Social Justice and Social Policy in Scotland (co-edited with Gill Scott) (Policy Press, 2012). Gerry has authored a number of items for The Open University's OpenLearn site, which can be accessed at: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/profiles/gcm8 Mary Munro is a former solicitor and probation officer. She is currently Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Law, Crime and Justice, Law School. University of Strathclyde, with a special interest in restorative justice. With Gerry Mooney and Hazel Croall, she co-edited Criminal Justice in Scotland (2010). She is also managing editor of Scottish Justice Matters.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Thinking about and researching crime and criminal justice in Scotland: introduction and social context 1. Introduction
Hazel Croall
Gerry Mooney and Mary Munro 2. Scotland's political and policy landscape: devolution
social and criminal justice
Gill Scott and Gerry Mooney 3. Research
knowledge and criminal justice policy: the Scottish experience
Katrina Morrison and Richard Sparks 4. Crime and Inequalities in Scotland
Hazel Croall and Gerry Mooney Part 2: Issues in Crime and Justice 5. Youth Gangs in Scotland
Ross Deuchar 6. Interpersonal violence in Scotland: an agenda for prevention
Damien J. Williams and John Carnochan 7. Sectarianism
Criminalisation and the civilising process in Scotland
Alex Law 8. Organised Crime in Scotland and the Criminal Justice Response
Ben Cavanagh
Niall Hamilton-Smith and Simon Mackenzie 9. Crimes of the Powerful in Scotland
Hazel Croall Part 3: Aspects of Criminal Justice process and practice 10. Victims' policy in Scotland
Mary Munro 11. Policing Scotland post reform: towards a shifting 'culture of control' and a new politics of policing?
Nicholas R. Fyfe 12. The Strategic Failure of Electronic Monitoring (EM) in Scotland
Mike Nellis 13. Desistance and Criminal Justice in Scotland
Fergus McNeill Part 4: Looking ahead 14. Crime
justice and society in Scotland: reflections and future prospects
Mary Munro
Gerry Mooney and Hazel Croall.