Criminal Justice - Criminology Books

New and Published Books

1. Police Custody

   Governance, Legitimacy and Reform in the Criminal Justice Process

   By Layla Skinns

   Police custody acts as an important gateway to the criminal justice process. Much is at stake here for both staff and suspects as what happens in police custody can have important consequences further down the line. This book offers a timely contribution to research on police custody, which has...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. Prison Governors

   By Shane Bryans

   This book provides the first systematic study of prison governors, a hidden and powerful, but much neglected, group of criminal justice practitioners. Its focus is on how they carry out their task, how that has changed over time and how their role has evolved. The author, himself a former prison...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Policing, Surveillance and Social Control

   By Tim Newburn, Stephanie Hayman

   This book reports the result of research carried out in a busy London police station on the role and impact of closed-circuit television (CCTV) in the management and surveillance of suspects - the most thorough example of the use of CCTV by the police in the world. It focuses on the use of CCTV in...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Escape Routes: Contemporary Perspectives on Life after Punishment

   Edited by Stephen Farrall, Richard Sparks, Shadd Maruna, Mike Hough

   Escape Routes: Contemporary Perspectives on Life After Punishment addresses the reasons why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated or resettled back into the community. Engaging with, and building upon, renewed criminological interest in this area, Escape Routes...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
5. Genocide, State Crime, and the Law

   In the Name of the State

   By Jennifer Balint

   Genocide, State Crime, and the Law argues that genocide and other forms of state crime must be located in relation to cultural, political and legal processes if they are to be properly understood and addressed. Discussing a series of case studies of genocide – in Armenia, Nazi Germany,...

   Published March 7th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
6. The Changing Chinese Legal System, 1978 – Present

   Centralization of Power and Rationalization of the Legal System

   By Bin Liang

   Series: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture

   This groundbreaking book examines the changing Chinese legal system since 1978. In addition to historical analyses of changes at the economic, political-legal, and social levels, Liang gives special attention to crime and punishment functions of the legal system, and the current judicial...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Rethinking Policing and Justice

   Exploring Alternatives to Law Enforcement

   Edited by Luis Fernandez, Laura Huey

   It has become somewhat axiomatic to refer to the police as the ‘gatekeepers’ of the criminal justice system and thus as a mechanism for the provision of justice. And yet, when we conceptualize the police in this way, what is often taken for granted is the exact nature of that role and its larger...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
8. Debates in Criminal Justice

   Key Themes and Issues

   Edited by Tom Ellis, Stephen Savage

   This innovative new book recognises that, while criminal justice studies is a core component of all criminology/criminal justice undergraduate degrees, it can be a confusing, overwhelming and a relatively dry topic despite its importance. Taking an original approach, this book sets out a...

   Published September 22nd 2011 by Routledge
9. Restorative Justice

   Ideas, Values, Debates, 2nd Edition

   By Gerry Johnstone

   Restorative justice is one of the most talked about developments in the field of crime and justice. Its advocates and practitioners argue that state punishment, society's customary response to crime, neither meets the needs of crime victims nor prevents reoffending. In its place, they suggest,...

   Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge
10. Handbook of Human Rights

    Edited by Thomas Cushman

    Series: Routledge International Handbooks

    In mapping out the field of human rights for those studying and researching within both humanities and social science disciplines, the Handbook of Human Rights not only provides a solid foundation for the reader who wants to learn the basic parameters of the field, but also promotes new thinking...

    Published September 7th 2011 by Routledge