Research Catalog

Title

Crime and civil society : can we become a more law-abiding people? / David G. Green, Emma Grove, Nadia A. Martin ; foreword by Alan Taylor ; additional essay by Norman Dennis.

Author

Green, David G.

Publication

London : Civitas, 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Grove, Emma.
• Martin, Nadia A.
• Institute for the Study of Civil Society.

Description

xxxix, 327 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Criminal justice, Administration of > Case studies
• Criminal justice, Administration of > Great Britain
• Crime prevention > Great Britain

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface / David G. Green -- Foreword / Alan Taylor -- Understanding and the social sciences / Norman Dennis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Rival explanations of crime -- Pt. I. How to reduce reoffending : the evidence -- 3. Incapacitation and deterrence -- 4. Rehabilitation -- 5. Prison-based therapeutic communities -- 6. Prison education and work -- 7. Intensive supervision in the community -- 8. Community-based drug treatment -- 9. Boot camps and shock tactics -- 10. Financial penalties -- 11. Post-release support of prisoners -- throughcare -- 12. Probation and restorative justice -- Pt. II. Conclusions and implications for public policy -- 13. Can we learn from America? -- 14. Guiding principles for public policy -- 15. Government policy in 2005.

ISBN

1903386365

OCLC

• 57720880
• SCSB-12059494

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library