The politics of crime control

Abstract

Making Sense of Crime Control - Kevin Stenson PART ONE: CONTROL AND PREVENTION IN PRACTICE The Politics of Crime The American Experience A Debate Between Elliot Currie and James Q Wilson Crime Prevention - John Bright The British Experience The Political Construction of Crime Prevention - Michael King A Contrast Between the French and British Experience The Politics of Prostitution and Drug Control - Neil Boyd and John Lowman PART TWO: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO PREVENTION AND CONTROL Freedom, Responsibility and Justice - Chris R Tame The Criminology of the `New Right' Left Realism and the Priorities of Crime Control - Jock Young The Theoretical and Political Priorities of Critical Criminology - Phil Scraton and Kathryn Chadwick Violence Against Women and Children - Jill Radford and Elizabeth A Stanko The Contradictions of Crime Control under Patriarchy Abolitionism and Crime Control - Willem de Haan A Contradiction in Terms