The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales

Volume IV: The Politics of Law and Order
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-36653-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

Reihe: Government Official History Series

This book is Volume IV in the Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales.

Previous volumes have focused on the moral reforms of the 1960s, the changes to the criminal courts and the introduction of an independent prosecution service, and the broad shifts in penal policy that have taken place in the post-war era. This volume examines the changing politics of law and order, charting the gradual shift toward greater political conflict and dispute. Until the early 1970s law and order rarely occupied a privileged place in political debate. From that point this began to change with, initially, the Conservatives utilising crime and penal policy as a means of distinguishing themselves from their opponents. This volume charts these changes in the politics of law and order and examines the rise in the temperature of political debate around such issues as the Labour Party markedly shifted its direction in the 1990s

This book will be of interest to students of British political history, criminology and sociology.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Downes, David

Newburn, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Part One: The Changing Politics of Law and Order 2. The Politics of Law and Order in a Changing Society, 1945-1970 3. The Rise of Law and Order Politics, 1970-1979 4. Talking Tough: Law and Order Politics, 1979-1992 5. British Politics of Law and Order, 1992-1997: Walking the Walk Part Two: Explaining the Trends 6. Leaving the Past Behind 7. Pressure-Group and Interest-Group Politics 8. Matters of Scandal and Concern 9. Conclusion Part Three 10. Postscript: Law and Order Politics 1997-2010

Über Autor(innen)

David Downes is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy and a member and former director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the London School of Economics, UK.

Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics, UK.