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.
Transforming Summary Justice: Modernisation in the Lower Criminal Courts
1st Edition
By Jenni Ward
February 04, 2019
Sweeping changes are being introduced into the lower-tier magistrates’ courts in England and Wales in efforts to modernise the system and speed up case processing. They concentrate on delivering prompt justice within a modern, efficient and technologically advanced system. But these transformations...
Diversion in Youth Justice: What Can We Learn from Historical and Contemporary Practices?
1st Edition
By Roger Smith
January 31, 2019
Diversion in youth justice is a subject of enduring interest. It concerns the processes by which decisions are made about whether or not to prosecute young offenders, and this book explores the continuing debates and historical developments which shape these processes. The treatment of young ...
The Penal Voluntary Sector
1st Edition
By Philippa Tomczak
March 13, 2018
Winner of the 2017 British Society of Criminology Book Prize The penal voluntary sector and the relationships between punishment and charity are more topical than ever before in countries around the world. In recent years in England and Wales, the sector has featured significantly in both policy ...
Restorative Policing: Concepts, theory and practice
1st Edition
By Kerry Clamp, Craig Paterson
February 12, 2018
In the UK and elsewhere, restorative justice and policing are core components of a range of university programmes; however, currently no such text exists on the intersection of these two areas of study. This book draws together these diverse theoretical perspectives to provide an innovative, ...
Prisoner Radicalization and Terrorism Detention Policy: Institutionalized Fear or Evidence-Based Policy Making?
1st Edition
By Tinka Veldhuis
February 06, 2018
Correctional policies for Islamist violent extremist offenders are often based on the premise that prisons can be hotbeds of radicalization. The perception that inmates are susceptible to violent extremist belief systems has given rise to a fervent international public, political, and scholarly ...
Experiencing Imprisonment: Research on the experience of living and working in carceral institutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Carla Reeves
June 16, 2017
The growing body of work on imprisonment, desistance and rehabilitation has mainly focused on policies and treatment programmes and how they are delivered. Experiencing Imprisonment reflects recent developments in research that focus on the active role of the offender in the process of justice. ...
Improving Criminal Justice Workplaces: Translating theory and research into evidence-based practice
1st Edition
By Paula Brough, Jennifer Brown, Amanda Biggs
June 16, 2017
All organisations, whether private or public sector, seek to improve criminal justice workplace practice from an evidence base, but often find it difficult to effectively translate research findings into policy or design best-practice interventions. This book provides a direct bridge between ...
Accountability of Policing
1st Edition
Edited
By Stuart Lister, Michael Rowe
April 27, 2017
Accountability of Policing provides a contemporary and wide-ranging examination of the accountability and governance of ‘police’ and ‘policing’. Debates about ‘who guards the guards’ are among the oldest and most protracted in the history of democracy, but over the last decade we have witnessed ...
Inmates’ Narratives and Discursive Discipline in Prison: Rewriting personal histories through cognitive behavioral programs
1st Edition
By Jennifer Schlosser
April 27, 2017
The question of ‘what works’ in offender treatment has dominated the field of prisoner re-entry and recidivism research for the last thirty years. One of the primary ways the criminal justice system tries to reduce the rates of recidivism among offenders is through the use of cognitive behavioural ...
International Developments and Practices in Investigative Interviewing and Interrogation: Volume 1: Victims and witnesses
1st Edition
Edited
By David Walsh, Gavin Oxburgh, Allison Redlich, Trond Myklebust
April 27, 2017
Techniques in the investigative interviewing and interrogation of victims, witnesses and suspects of crime vary around the world, according to a country’s individual legal system, religion and culture. Whereas some countries have developed certain interview protocols for witnesses (such as the ABE ...
International Developments and Practices in Investigative Interviewing and Interrogation: Volume 2: Suspects
1st Edition
Edited
By David Walsh, Gavin Oxburgh, Allison Redlich, Trond Myklebust
April 27, 2017
Techniques in the investigative interviewing and interrogation of victims, witnesses and suspects of crime vary around the world, according to a country’s individual legal system, religion and culture. Whereas some countries have developed certain interview protocols for witnesses (such as the ABE ...
Lives of Incarcerated Women: An international perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Candace Kruttschnitt, Catrien Bijleveld
April 27, 2017
Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research from around the world, this book brings together renowned international scholars to explore life-course perspectives on women’s imprisonment. Instead of covering only one aspect of women’s carceral experiences, this book offers a broader perspective ...