Policing as Social Discipline (Hardcover)

This text aims to challenge the traditional idea that policing is the first stage in a criminal justice process, in which the police use their powers of criminal investigation to feed cases into the legal process for authoritative legal resolution. The author argues that the political space allowed to the police on the streets and in the police station allows them to pursue a different agenda of social discipline, targeted at certain sections of the community. This alternative perspective provides new sociological insights into the use of police powers in modern society. The book examines the fairness of police processes by using empirical data to analyze the impact that such powers have on the lives of those who regularly become the objects of police attention. This book is intended for scholars and students of criminology, criminal justice and criminal law; as well as those working in the field of sociology and social welfare.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Clarendon Studies in Criminology
Release date:	November 1997
Authors:	Satnam Choongh (Socio-Legal Research Fellow)
Dimensions:	225 x 144 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-826478-1
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services Promotions
LSN:	0-19-826478-X
Barcode:	9780198264781

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