Criminal Justice Books

New and Published Books

1. Judicial Reform and Reorganization in 20th Century Iran

   State-Building, Modernization and Islamicization

   By Majid Mohammadi

   Series: New Approaches in Sociology

   Iran is now at the center of political and social developments in the Middle East. This book examines the reform of the judicial system in 20th century Iran and is the first to relate state-building process with rule of law promotion and judicial reform in the region. This subject occupies the...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Understanding Criminal Justice

   A Critical Introduction

   By Azrini Wahidin, Nicola Carr

   Few subjects provoke as much public fascination and political concern as crime, criminality, criminology, and criminal justice policy and practice. Understanding Criminal Justice seeks to provide students with a critical introduction to the range of theoretical, policy and operational issues faced...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
3. Risk Assessment for Juvenile Violent Offending

   Edited by Anna Baldry, Andreas Kapardis

   This volume is the result of an EU project involving two different European countries (Italy and Cyprus) on risk and needs assessment for juvenile violent offenders. The book is based on a longitudinal data base of juveniles who have committed violent crimes and who have been followed up after ...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Willan
4. Criminal Justice

   An Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Peter Joyce

   This new and expanded edition builds upon material from the highly successful first edition. A comprehensive textbook on the criminal justice system, the book assesses the main theories concerned with the causes of crime (including white-collar and corporate crime), discusses the...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. Contrasts in Punishment

   An explanation of Anglophone excess and Nordic exceptionalism

   By John Pratt, Anna Eriksson

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

   Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in their approach to offending and how can these differences be explained? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork in the penal systems of England, Australia,...

   Published December 3rd 2012 by Routledge
6. Official Discourse (Routledge Revivals)

   On Discourse Analysis, Government Publications, Ideology and the State

   By Frank Burton, Pat Carlen

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1979, Official Discourse is an unofficial report of theoretical investigations into a specific state of practice- the publication of reports of official inquiries into law, order and justice issues. The commissions, tribunals and committees of inquiry scrutinized in this book...

   Published November 30th 2012 by Routledge
7. Defendants in the Criminal Process (Routledge Revivals)

   By A. Bottoms, J. McClean

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1976, this book examines the practical workings of the English criminal court system, focusing on the defendant’s experiences of the system and the decisions he takes as he passes through it. Indeed, the defendant in a criminal case is in a unique position to experience the whole...

   Published November 30th 2012 by Routledge
8. Globalisation and the Challenge to Criminology

   Edited by Francis Pakes

   There is no doubt that globalisation has profound effects on crime, justice and our feelings of security, identity and belonging. Many of these affect both the making of laws and the breaking of laws. It has been argued however that criminology has been too provincial, focusing as it often does on...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Policy Making Process in the Criminal Justice System

   By Adrian Barton, Nick Johns

   How the state ‘deals with’ crime and criminality is a major issue for all students of criminology and criminal justice. This book offers a fresh perspective on the policy making process in the criminal justice system of England and Wales by presenting a detailed overview of both the theory behind...

   Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
10. Gambling, Freedom and Democracy

    By Peter J. Adams

    Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

    As a consequence of the rapid proliferation of commercial gambling in Western-style democracies, governments and communities are encountering a complex array of economic, social and cultural harms associated with this expansion. This book focuses specifically on harms to democratic systems. It...

    Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge