NCJ Number
197140
Editor(s)
Anthony Bottoms,
Michael Tonry
Date Published
2002
Length
224 pages
Annotation
This book discusses the history of English criminal justice, the development of criminological thought, the creation of the “dispersal system,” and the institutional development of criminology in British universities.
Abstract
The book is in honor of the late Sir Leon Radzinowicz, the founder and Director of the Cambridge Institute of Criminology, and details the contributions he made to criminal justice. Part 1 describes ideology and crime and the issues of morality, crime, compliance, and public policy. It concludes that penal ideologies and crime control practices of the present day are not regarded as predetermined fate, but are the outcome of human actions, institutional decisions, and the struggle between contending points of view. The development of morality and crime control policies are discussed. Part 2 details the history of criminal justice, highlighting gentlemen convicts, Dynamitards, paramilitaries, and the English police. The various groups of political offenders are discussed, along with the penal policies applied to each group. Part 3 discusses prisons, dispersal prisons, and penal practice in the late 20th century. The history of dispersal prisons is described, as well as the changes in policies during the years. Part 4 describes the vital role of empirical research in criminology and penal policy. The role of criminology in the scientific world is analyzed and recommendations for the future of empirical research are discussed. Index