The Eternal Recurrence of Crime and Control: Essays in Honour of - Paul Roc

This book is a Festschrift in honour of Paul Rock, former Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. The edited volume examines and builds on the central themes associated with Professor Rock's work - social and criminological theory, policy development and policy-making, and victims and victimology.

About the author

David Downes is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy and a former Director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at the London School of Economics. He is a former editor of the British Journal of Criminology and the Clarendon Studies in Criminology Series and is a regular contributor to the Oxford Handbook of Criminology.

Dick Hobbs is Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. He has published widely on deviance, violence and organised crime and is the author of a number of OUP titles including Bouncers: Violence and Governance in the Night-Time Economy (2003).

Tim Newburn is editor of the Clarendon Studies in Criminology Series, President of the British Society of Criminology, and Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He is the author or editor of over thirty books.

Summary

This book is a Festschrift in honour of Paul Rock, former Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. The edited volume examines and builds on the central themes associated with Professor Rock's work - social and criminological theory, policy development and policy-making, and victims and victimology.

Product details

• Authors: David Downes, David/ Hobbs Downes, Dick Hobbs, Tim Newburn, Newburn Tim
• Assisted by: David Downes (Editor), Dick Hobbs (Editor), Professor Dick Hobbs (Editor), Tim Newburn (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.11.2010
• EAN: 9780199580231
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958023-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology; Clarendon Studies in Criminolo; Clarendon Studies in Criminology; Clarendon Studies in Criminolo
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Sociology, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social services & welfare, criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Social services and welfare, criminology