Criminal Justice in Scotland (Hardcover, New)

The existence of the separate criminal jurisdiction in Scotland is ignored by most criminological texts purporting to consider crime and criminal justice in 'Britain' or the 'UK'. This book aims to fill a gap for a text that offers a critically informed analysis and understanding of crime and criminal justice in contemporary Scotland. It considers key areas of criminal justice policy making in Scotland, in particular the book seeks to consider the extent to which criminal justice in Scotland is increasingly divergent from other UK jurisdictions as well as pressures that may lead to convergences in particular areas, for instance, in relation to trends in youth justice and penal policy. The book considers the extent to which Scottish crime and criminal justice is being affected both by devolution as well as the wider pressures resulting from globalization, Europeanisation and new patterns of migration. However, while this book has a Scottish focus, it also seeks to offer some new ways of thinking about criminal justice. In particular, it seeks to relate this to wider social divisions and inequalities in contemporary Scottish and UK society - and also aims to extend the 'gaze' and analysis of criminology by exploring issues such as environmental crime, urban disorder and the new urbanism as well as crimes of the rich and powerful and corporate crime. In these respects it is anticipated that the proposed book will have a relevance and resonance far beyond Scotland. Criminal Justice in Scotland will be an essential text for students in Scotland taking courses in criminology, sociology, social policy, social sciences, law and police sciences, as well as criminal justice practitioners and policy makers in Scotland. It will also be an essential source for students of comparative criminology elsewhere and academics wishing to take Scotland into account in thinking about criminal justice in the UK.

General

Imprint:	Willan Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	December 2010
Editors:	Hazel Croall • Gerry Mooney • Mary Munro
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-84392-786-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	1-84392-786-1
Barcode:	9781843927860

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