1st Edition
Justice, Community and Civil Society A Contested Terrain
Edited By Joanna Shapland
Copyright 2008
264 Pages
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272 Pages
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272 Pages
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Over the last decade there has arisen considerable disquiet about the relationship between criminal justice and its publics. This has been expressed in a variety of different ways, ranging from a concern that state criminal justice has moved too far away from the concerns of ordinary people (become too distant, too out of touch, insufficiently reflective of different groups in society) to the... Read more
1. Contested ideas of community and justice, Joanna Shapland 2. 'Proximity justice' in France: anything but 'justice and community'? Anne Wyvekens 3. How civil society is on the criminal justice agenda in France, Philip A. Milburn 4. Crime control in Germany: too serious to leave it to the people? - the great exception? Axel Groenemeyer 5. Sweeping the street: civil society and community safety in Rotterdam, René van Swaaningen 6. Lay elements in the criminal justice system of the Netherlands, Marijke Malsch 7. Refiguring the community and professional in policing and criminal justice: some questions of legitimacy, Adam Crawford 8. Who owns justice? Community, state and the Northern Ireland transition, Kieran McEvoy and Anna Eriksson 9. Policing, 'community' and social change in Ireland, Aoghán Mulcahy 10. New directions in Canadian justice: from state workers to community 'representatives', Isabelle Bartkowiak and Myléne Jaccoud
Biography
Joanna Shapland is Professor of Criminology in the Department of Law at the University of Sheffield.
