Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Foreword by The Rt. Hon. The Lord Woolf, Master of the Rolls; Acknowledgements; At the creation; From an active volcano to a well-ordered scenery; Towards a medical model of criminal justice; A penological cul-de-sac; Trying to break down traditional barriers; The socio-liberal approach to criminal policy; Reaching the harbour; Putting criminology on the national map; Making it work: infusing reality into an idea; The awkward question of capital punishment; An issue which refuses to go away; A prison system in crisis
Summary
Offers a profound overview of the changing understanding of crime and criminals, of criminal justice systems and penology, and of the tensions and dilemmas these pose for democratic societies
