Crime and social policy

Crime and social policy / edited by Hazel Kemshall.

Crime and Social Policy provides an invaluable examination of the relationship between social policy and crime. It draws on recent empirical research to offer important insights into the impact of current social policy trends on the lives of offenders. Provides an invaluable examination of the criti...

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Other Authors: Kemshall, Hazel, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; New York : John Wiley & Sons, ©2013.
Series:Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy.
Subjects:
Crime.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
Crime > Government policy.
Social policy.
public policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime
Crime > Government policy
Crime > Sociological aspects
Social policy
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Table of Contents:
  • Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1: An International Crime Decline: Lessons for Social Welfare Crime Policy?; 2: Advise, Assist and Befriend: Can Probation Supervision Support Desistance?; 3: The Relational Context of Desistance: Some Implications and Opportunities for Social Policy; 4: 'Regulating the Poor': Observations on the 'Structural Coupling' of Welfare, Criminal Justice and the Voluntary Sector in a 'Big Society'; 5: What Prospects Youth Justice? Children in Trouble in the Age of Austerity.
  • 6: Bleak Times for Children? The Anti-social Behaviour Agenda and the Criminalization of Social Policy7: Social Citizenship and Social Security Fraud in the UK and Australia; Index.

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