Crime, Justice, and Social Control

Crime, Justice, and Social Control explores formal and informal dimensions of social control and demonstrates that law and the criminal justice system are set within the wider context of social control. Combining theory with key policy issues, the text addresses the challenges facing criminal justice practitioners, researchers, and elected officials.

Part I outlines the origins and types of social control from a sociological perspective. Parts II through V build on

Product details

• Assisted by: Desiré J. M. Anastasia (Editor), Stuart Henry (Editor), Jeffrey Vandersip (Editor)
• Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2019
• EAN: 9781793515230
• ISBN: 978-1-79351-523-0
• No. of pages: 338
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 916 g