Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
About the Book Series
Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice offers the very best in research on criminal justice systems around the world, offering fresh insights on a range of topics in criminal procedure, including policing, prisons, courts, youth justice, community measures, rehabilitation, victimology and forensics science.
Sexual Offences Against Children in India: Understanding the Criminal Justice Responses
1st Edition
By Sonali Swetapadma, Paromita Chattoraj
June 27, 2025
Sexual Offences Against Children in India examines the evolution of the law pertaining to sexual violence against children, the judicial decisions since the inception of the POCSO Act till date with respect to aspects of the POCSO Act and the best practices from other developed jurisdictions for ...
Overseeing Rights in Prison: The Irish Experience of Human Rights Protection in Prisons
1st Edition
By Sophie van der Valk
June 20, 2025
Drawing on Ireland as its primary case study, this book is an in- depth critical examination of how rights protection bodies and mechanisms are experienced by those in prison in Ireland. Through its analysis of the Irish experience, the book considers the implementation of, and challenges faced by,...
The Quest for Reparations for Indian Residential School Abuse: Confronting the Legacy of the Independent Assessment Process
1st Edition
By Konstantin Petoukhov
May 29, 2025
This book explores the complexities and nuances of reparations for victims and survivors of settler colonial violence. It centres its analysis on the Independent Assessment Process (IAP), a financial compensation programme that was designed to address the horrific legacy of Canada’s Indian ...
The Lived Experiences of Claiming Wrongful Conviction in Prison
1st Edition
By Emma Burtt
May 06, 2025
The Lived Experiences of Claiming Wrongful Conviction in Prison focuses on the lived experience of maintaining innocence in the prison environment and highlights the struggles and pain that such a claim can cause. Using the little utilised means of conducting an interview via a series of letters, ...
Policing and Civil Society in an International Context
1st Edition
By Nathan Pino
April 01, 2025
This book contributes to contemporary debates on police reform and development and explores the role of civil society groups in policing and police reform efforts in an international context. It draws on numerous academic literatures covering civil society groups, policing, and development; as well...
Rational Anger: An International Comparison of Legal Systems
1st Edition
By Stina Bergman Blix, Nina Törnqvist
March 25, 2025
Exploring the rationales behind legal anger, its logic and origins, this book builds on the perspectives of judges and prosecutors in Italy, Sweden, the United States, and Scotland. When do judges and prosecutors become angry in court, what do they become angry about, and which other emotions open ...
Mass data surveillance and predictive policing: Contested Foundations and Human Rights Impact
1st Edition
By Plixavra Vogiatzoglou
January 29, 2025
This book critically assesses legal frameworks involving the bulk processing of personal data, initially collected by the private sector, to predict and prevent crime through advanced profiling technologies. In the European Union (EU), mass data surveillance currently engages three sectors: ...
Criminalising Coercive Control: Challenges for the Implementation of Northern Ireland’s Domestic Abuse Offence
1st Edition
Edited
By Vanessa Bettinson, Ronagh McQuigg
December 19, 2024
Drawing on experiences from other jurisdictions within the UK, Criminalising Coercive Control explores the challenges and potential successes which may be faced in implementing Northern Ireland’s new domestic abuse offence. A specific offence of domestic abuse was introduced in Northern Ireland in ...
European Perspectives on Pre-Trial Detention: A Means of Last Resort?
1st Edition
Edited
By Christine Morgenstern, Walter Hammerschick, Mary Rogan
December 18, 2024
High levels of remand or pre-trial detention (PTD) is a matter of growing concern in many countries, and at a European level. Despite being responsible for a significant part of the prison population, PTD practice is rarely the focus of criminological and criminal justice research. This book ...
Narratives on Prison Governmentality: No Longer the Prison of the Past
1st Edition
By Marco Nocente
December 18, 2024
Narratives on Prison Governmentality explores prison governmentality through the analysis of letters of prisoners. The collection of testimonies represents the opportunities and difficulties of resisting in a place of power, which, in recent years, has become more sophisticated and effective. In ...
Preventing Prison Violence: An Ecological Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Armon J. Tamatea, Andrew J. Day, David J. Cooke
December 18, 2024
Preventing Prison Violence introduces the idea of ‘prison ecologies’ – a multi-layered perspective to understanding prison violence as a ‘product’ of human, environment (social and physical), systemic, and societal influences – and how an ecological approach is helpful to prevention efforts. ...
War as Protection and Punishment: Armed International Intervention at the 'End of History’
1st Edition
By Teresa Degenhardt
December 18, 2024
This book provides an analysis of how penal discourses are used to legitimate post-Cold War military interventions through three main case studies: Kosovo, Iraq and Libya. These cases reveal the operation of diverse modalities of punishment in extending the ambit of international liberal governance...