Understanding Modernisation in Criminal Justice

by Paul Senior, Matt Long, Chris Crowther-Dowey

How have different criminal justice agencies responded to the modernization process? What forms does modernization take? What lessons can be drawn to influence the future shape of criminal justice policy? "Understanding Modernization in Criminal Justice" is the first book to theorize modernization in the context of criminal justice. It provides a historically informed account tracing the evolving links between new public management and modernization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335220657
• ISBN13: 9780335220656
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.4"