Public Criminology?

by Ian Loader, Richard Sparks, Richard Sparks

Book Overview

What is the role and value of criminology in a democratic society? How do, and how should, its practitioners engage with politics and public policy? How can criminology find a voice in an agitated, insecure and intensely mediated world in which crime and punishment loom large in government agendas and public discourse? What collective good do we want criminological enquiry to promote?

In addressing these questions, Ian Loader and Richard...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415445507
• ISBN13: 9780415445504
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"