Following the USA, in many Western countries over the last decade, prison rates have increased while crime rates have declined. This key book examines the role

The five countries examined are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Public outcries and political platforms based on misinformation and misconceptions about the criminal justice system and current sentencing practice occur all t

This title examines the role of political culture and penal populism in the response to the emotive subject of child-on-child homicide. Green explores the reaso

To honour the extraordinary contribution of Professor Anthony Edward Bottoms to criminology and criminal justice, leading criminologists and penal scholars have