Penal abolitionism

Abolitionism is not only a strategy or a set of demands, aimed at the reduction (or suppression) of custody, it is also a perspective, a philosophy, an approach which challenges conventional definitions of crime. This book examines the origin, philosophy and achievements of abolitionism and ...

Social order and the fear of crime in contemporary times

The fear of crime has been recognized as an important social problem in its own right, with a significant number of citizens in many countries concerned about crime. In this book, the authors critically review the main findings from over 35 years of research into ...

Desisting from crime

continuity and change in long-term crime patterns of serious chronic offenders

This groundbreaking study examines patterns of offending among persistent juvenile offenders. The authors address questions that have been the focus of criminological debate over the last two decades. Are there are multiple groups of offenders in the population with distinct age-crime patterns? Are between-person differences ...

Repair or revenge

victims and restorative justice

This book addresses the role of victims in our criminal justice system and the shortcomings they perceive in the way they are treated. It examines whether restorative justice can offer them more justice than they receive from the formal court-based system. Research into the shortcomings ...

Accountability in restorative justice

In reviving the idea of an informal approach to conflict resolution, the restorative justice movement attempts to break out of the freedom punitive thinking which shapes modern criminal justice. Its proponents claim that its guiding ideals - personalism, participation, and reintegration - deliver a fairer, more effective ...

Investigating murder

detective work and the police response to criminal homicide

Accountability in restorative justice

The criminological foundations of penal policy

essays in honour of Roger Hood

Crime and markets

essays in anti-criminology.