Screen LibraryPreventive Justice and the Power of Policy Transfer /
"This book explores the nature of criminal justice policy and decision making during a period of complex reform. Recent shifts in criminal law and criminal justice policy have resulted in an increased use of preventive measures (orders and detention), which have led to claims of a 'prevent...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This book explores the nature of criminal justice policy and decision making during a period of complex reform. Recent shifts in criminal law and criminal justice policy have resulted in an increased use of preventive measures (orders and detention), which have led to claims of a 'preventive state' or 'preventive justice'. This book assesses how measures introduced to control minor crime and anti-social behaviour (such as the iconic 'ASBO') have incrementally spread into quite distinct areas of crime control such as organised crime and terrorism. Preventive Justice and the Power of Policy T |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137495013 1137495014 |
| Index Number: | KD7876 |
| CLC: | D956.14 |
| Call Number: | D956.14/O347 |
| Contents: |
"Serious" shifts in organised crime control -- A state of prevention -- Policy transfer and everyday policy-making -- Process-tracing : case study and method -- The proliferation of the preventive order model -- Policy analysis : elite interviews and early policy documents -- The power of policy transfer |