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Legitimacy and Compliance in Criminal Justice
Biography
Adam Crawford is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Leeds. Together with Sam Lewis he is currently engaged in a Nuffield Foundation funded research project exploring the impact of anti-social behaviour interventions with young people in England. He has written about issues of legitimacy and compliance in relation to restorative justice and the civilianisation of policing. He is interested in the compliance implications for behavioural change of different modes of regulation, particularly with regard to young people.
Anthea Hucklesby is Reader in Criminal Justice at the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds. Her research focuses on criminal justice responses to suspects, defendants and offenders and her recent work has included empirical studies of electronic monitoring, bail support schemes and pre-charge bail. Previous publications include Prisoners’ Resettlement: policy and practice (2007, with Hagley-Dickinson) and Criminal Justice (2009, with Wahidin).
"Legitimacy and Compliance in Criminal Justice
is a very informative, well-written and comprehensive effort at understanding the influence of crime control on behavior...
Taken together, the chapters in this book offer insight into legitimacy and compliance in a broad array of criminal justice areas. They are theoretically and empirically informed and well argued, more so in fact than I have been able to convey in this review...this book represents a good starting point for those interested in pursuing research on legitimacy and compliance in criminal justice. Besides taking stock of the arguments and theories informing academic debates, it also pinpoints areas in need of further theoretical and empirical research.
I highly recommend this book to graduate students, academics and criminal justice professionals." – Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books
