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This is the fifth and final volume in the Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales.
This volume covers the uneven and often irresolute evolution of policing from the late 1940s to the end of the 1990s, concentrating on the impact of a succession of scandals on the reputation and regulation of the police; and the fluctuating relations between central government, local authorities and police forces in shaping the control of police funding, policy and organisation, particularly in response to a growth in the scale and intensity of social protest, and, above all, on the shifting sands of the policing of public order illustrated in the prolonged miners' strike and urban unrest of the 1980s. It is a complement to earlier volumes in the series that focused on the liberalisation of the laws on capital punishment, abortion and homosexual relations between adult men in the 1960s; the founding of the Crown Court in 1971 and the Crown Prosecution Service in 1985; transformations in penal policy, and the politics of law and order.
It will be of much interest to scholars of British political history, criminology and sociology.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics, UK, and a former President of the British Society of Criminology. He is author of over 40 books, including The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales, Volume IV: The Politics of Law and Order (Routledge, 2022) with David Downes.
Zusammenfassung
This is the fifth and final volume in the Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales. It covers the uneven and often irresolute evolution of policing from the late 1940s to the end of the 1990s.
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'Tim Newburn has provided an impressively detailed and authoritative analysis of the major developments in policing policy in England & Wales during the latter half of the 20th century. It will be essential reading for criminologists, historians and political scientists with an interest in the politics of policing.'
Trevor Jones, Professor, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
