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.
The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Frieder Dünkel, Stefan Harrendorf, Dirk van Zyl Smit
January 29, 2024
The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy presents the results of a worldwide exchange of information on the impact of COVID-19 in prisons. It also focuses on the human rights questions that have been raised during the pandemic, relating to the treatment of prisoners in...
Consent, Stealthing and Desire-Based Contracting in the Criminal Law
1st Edition
By Brianna Chesser, Nadia David, April Zahra
September 25, 2023
Consent, Stealthing and Desire-Based Contracting in the Criminal Law examines the inconsistencies in the definitions of consent in sexual encounters by examining emerging sex crimes alongside changing community values and the changing legal definitions of consent in sexual offending, focusing on ...
Policing and Boundaries in a Violent Society: A South African Case Study
1st Edition
By Guy Lamb
September 25, 2023
This book explores how social and territorial boundaries have influenced the approaches and practices of the South Africa Police Service (SAPS). By means of a historical analysis of South Africa, this book introduces a new concept, ‘police frontierism’, which illuminates the nature of the ...
Professionalism in Probation: Making Sense of Marketisation
1st Edition
By Matt Tidmarsh
September 25, 2023
This book explores probation staff understandings of professionalism in the aftermath of the Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) reforms to services in England and Wales. Drawing on the sociology of the professions, this book offers an original and timely contribution to the criminal justice ...
Collaboration and Innovation in Criminal Justice: An Activity Theory Alternative to Offender Rehabilitation
1st Edition
By Paulo Rocha
May 31, 2023
Drawing on original research on community-based alternatives to offender rehabilitation, this book provides an up-to-date depiction of the challenges faced by front-line workers at the interface between criminal justice and welfare systems striving to address needs and provide multifaceted ...
Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control: Social, Cultural and Political Perspectives
1st Edition
By Helena Machado, Rafaela Granja
May 31, 2023
Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control presents a new empirical and conceptual framework for understanding trends of genetic surveillance in different countries in Europe and in other jurisdictions around the world. The use of DNA or genome for state-level surveillance for crime governance is ...
Policing Child Sexual Abuse: Failure, Corruption and Reform in Queensland
1st Edition
By Paul Bleakley
May 31, 2023
Policing Child Sexual Abuse provides a historical overview of the evolution of policing child sexual abuse in Queensland, tracing a legacy of failure (even corruption) in the decades leading up to the foundation of Task Force Argos, a branch of the Queensland Police Service created in part as a ...
Women in Policing: Feminist Perspectives on Theory and Practice
1st Edition
By Emma Cunningham
May 31, 2023
Women in Policing provides an insight into women's role within policing, their emergence, and development, offering a theoretical underpinning to explore this role as well as incorporating two empirical studies, one which reassesses the lived experiences of female officers, and one based on FOI ...
Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy
1st Edition
By Louise Sicard
January 09, 2023
Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy explores the treatment delivered to high-risk offenders with complex needs, focusing on sex and violent offenders. The book advocates for the further use of less traditional and creative therapies, in particular, music therapy. ...
Protest Policing and Human Rights: A Dialogical Approach
1st Edition
By Michael Smith
December 30, 2022
This book examines protest policing and the toolbox of options available to police commanders in response. The right to peacefully protest is intrinsic to democracy and embedded in British history and tradition. The police are responsible for managing public order and facilitating peaceful protest ...
The Evolving Protection of Prisoners’ Rights in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Gaëtan Cliquennois
December 30, 2022
The Evolving Protection of Prisoners’ Rights in Europe explores the development of the framing of penal and prison policies by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), clarifying the European expectations of national authorities, and describing the various models existing in Europe, with a view ...
The Use of Victim Impact Statements in Sentencing for Sexual Offences: Stories of Strength
1st Edition
By Rhiannon Davies, Lorana Bartels
September 26, 2022
Drawing on extensive research from Australia, this book examines the experiences of sexual offence victims who submit a victim impact statement. Victim impact statements are used in sentencing to outline the harm caused to victims. There has been little research on the impact statement experiences ...