Punishment, places, and perpetrators : developments in criminology and criminal justice research / edited by Gerben Bruinsma, Henk Elffers, and Jan de Keijser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruinsma, Gerben.

Elffers, H.

Keijser, Jan Willem de, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Devon, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book brings together an influential group of academics and researchers to review key areas of research, theory and methodology within criminology and criminal justice, and to identify the most important new challenges facing the discipline. The contributors focus on the three central themes of punishment and criminal justice, location and mobility, and perpetrators and criminal careers, on which much cutting edge research within criminology has been taking place. A particular strength of the book is its multidisciplinary and international approach, with contributors drawn from Europe, the

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; Notes on contributors; Part I: Introduction; 1 Challenges for criminological and criminal justice research; 2 Criminology and criminal justice in Europe; Part II: Punishment and Criminal Justice; 3 Risk assessment and criminal law: closing the gap between criminal law and criminology; 4 Actuarial justice and the modern state; 5 Punishment, retribution and communication; 6 Of crimes and punishment; 7 The weakest link: human rights and the criminal offender in modern democratic government

8 European trends and transatlantic inspiration: youth offending and juvenile justice9 Reflections on the relationship between transnational policing and organized crime; Part III: Location and Mobility; 10 The emergence of crime places in crime prevention; 11 The journey to crime; 12 Decision models underlying the journey to crime; 13 Transnational organized crime: new directions for empirical research and public policy; Part IV: Perpetrators and Criminal Careers; 14 Analysis of criminal careers; 15 The development of aggression: causes and trajectories

16 A semi-parametric, group-based approach for analysing trajectories of development: a non-technical overview17 Peers, crime and the life course; 18 The changing role of delinquent peers in childhood and adolescence: issues, findings and puzzles; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-99846-9

1-135-99839-6

1-281-33188-0

9786611331887

1-84392-476-5

9781843924760

OCLC:

463190388