Front cover; Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; Table of cases; Preface; 1. The causes of crime and deviancy; 2. Crime and crime prevention; 3. Policing: methods, structure and organisation; 4. Policing: control and accountability; 5. The prosecution process; 6. The judiciary; 7. The aims and rationale of punishment; 8. Prison and its alternatives; 9. Juvenile crime and the state's response; 10. Race and the criminal justice system; 11. Conclusion; Keeping up to date; Key terms in crime and criminal justice policy; Index; Back cover.
Provides an introduction to the criminal justice system. This book assesses the main theories concerned with the causes of crime, and provides an account and analysis of the response of the state to crime in England and Wales. It is a useful text for students taking courses in criminal justice.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain.