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Criminal Justice, 2nd Edition

Criminal Justice, 2nd Edition

Author: Anthea Hucklesby; Azrini Wahidin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199694969
Published In: July 2013
Format: Paperback , 392 pages
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The collection takes a socio-legal approach to criminal justice with chapters written by criminologists, socio-legal scholars and lawyers
Each chapter includes review and discussion questions to pinpoint the key issues and help you engage with the subject
Suggestions for further reading encourage you to take your learning further
Provides both a thorough overview of the procedures central to the workings of the criminal justice system and a distillation of the topical debates that surround it, giving you all the information you need to appreciate how and why the system has developed in the way that it has, and to challenge and evaluate it
Accompanied by an extensive Online Resource Centre, which provides a variety of resources to support lecturers using the textbook in their teaching, and valuable additional materials for students

New to this edition

All chapters have been completely revised and updated
A new chapter has been included on the policy landscape of criminal justice
Additional material incorporated into two chapters on the police and policing
New chapter included on the criminal courts
Additional chapters on innovative aspects of criminal justice: science and psychology in criminal justice

What is the criminal justice system for? How does it operate? How does it treat victims, suspects, defendants and offenders? Does it work? Is it fair?

Criminal Justice provides a thought-provoking and critical introduction to the challenges faced by the UK's criminal justice system including policing, sentencing and punishment at the beginning of the 21st Century. Expert contributors, including criminologists and lawyers, provide students with a critical introduction to issues, institutions and agencies which shape the operation of the criminal justice system.

A fascinating book which provides students from a range of disciplines including criminology, law, sociology, psychology and social policy with knowledge and understanding of the key areas of the subject and an appreciation of contemporary debates, policies and perspectives.

Each chapter features questions, summaries, tables, diagrams, annotated further reading and weblinks, to ensure the book is as accessible and engaging as possible, and provides clear guidance on further study. An illuminating glossary of key terms is also included.

Online Resource Centre

This title is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre containing an online version of the glossary of key terms and annotated web links. Adopting lecturers will also have access to a test bank of multiple choice questions with answers and feedback.

Readership: Undergraduates and postgraduates taking criminal justice modules from a range of disciplines including crminology, criminal justice, law, social policy and sociology. The book will also be useful to anyone with an interest in the issues facing the criminal justice system.

1: Anthea Hucklesby & Azrini Wahidin: Introduction
2: Loraine Gelsthorpe & Anthea Hucklesby: Criminal Justice: the policy landscape
3: Mike Rowe: The Police
4: Graham Ellison: Policing: Context and practice
5: Anthea Hucklesby: The prosecution process
6: Steven Cammiss: Courts and the trial process
7: David Scott: Justifications of punishment and questions of penal legitimacy
8: George Mair: Community sentences
9: Azrini Wahidin: The prison enterprise
10: Matthew Hall: Victims in the criminal justice process
11: Anna Souhami: Youth justice
12: Margaret Malloch and Gill McIvor: Gender and criminal justice
13: Alpa Parmar: Race and ethnicity in the criminal justice process
14: Joanna Adler: Psychology and criminal justice
15: Paul Roberts: Forensic science and criminal justice

Anthea Hucklesby is Professor of Criminal Justice and Deputy Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies in the School of Law, University of Leeds.

Azrini Wahidin is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Nottingham Trent University.

Contributors:
Joanna Adler: Principal Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Department of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University.
Steven Cammiss: Lecturer, School of Law, University of Leicester.
Gavin Dingwall: Professor of Criminal Justice Policy, School of Law, De Montfort University.
Graham Ellison: Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queen's University, Belfast.
Loraine Gelsthorpe: Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Matthew Hall: Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Sheffield.
Anthea Hucklesby: Professor of Criminal Justice, School of Law, University of Leeds.
Gill McIvor: Professor of Criminology, School of Applied Social Science University of Stirling.
George Mair: Professor of Criminal Justice, Department of Social Work, Care and Justice, Liverpool
Hope University
Margaret Malloch: Senior Research Fellow, School of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling.
Alpa Parmar: Principal Research Fellow, School of Law, University of Leeds.
Paul Roberts: Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence, School of Law, University of Nottingham.
Mike Rowe: Professor of Criminology, Dept of Social Sciences Northumbria University.
David Scott: Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Social Science, University of Central Lancashire.
Anna Souhami: Lecturer in Criminology, School of Law, University of Edinburgh.
Azrini Wahidin: Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Nottingham Trent University.