Understanding Crime and Social Policy
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Understanding Crime and Social Policy by Emma Wincup
Understanding crime and social policy encourages readers to reflect upon the close connections, and sometimes tensions, between crime reduction and social policy agendas.
?"Provides a useful overview of the complex and often messy business of policy making through the use of some very contemporary and relevant examples of areas of crime and social policy concern" Journal of Social Policy
"[Provides a] rigorous challenging of dominant assumptions while leading readers through a very complex policy-making landscape." People, Place and Policy
"An engaging, wide-ranging and up-to-date introductory text for students and practitioners who wish to get to grips with the interconnections between criminology as the study of crime and social policy as the study of human well-being." Dr Ros Burnett, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford.
"This is a welcome exploration of the linkages and relationships between criminal justice and social policy. Combining critical scholarship with a practical assessment of current policy, it will be of interest both to academics and practitioners." Richard Garside, Director, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
"A well-researched text written by a respected author." Nigel Rourke, University of Cumbria.
"[Provides a] rigorous challenging of dominant assumptions while leading readers through a very complex policy-making landscape." People, Place and Policy
"An engaging, wide-ranging and up-to-date introductory text for students and practitioners who wish to get to grips with the interconnections between criminology as the study of crime and social policy as the study of human well-being." Dr Ros Burnett, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford.
"This is a welcome exploration of the linkages and relationships between criminal justice and social policy. Combining critical scholarship with a practical assessment of current policy, it will be of interest both to academics and practitioners." Richard Garside, Director, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
"A well-researched text written by a respected author." Nigel Rourke, University of Cumbria.
Emma Wincup is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Leeds, where she is Director of Student Education in the School of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies. Emma's current research explores the interconnections between crime policy, particularly in relation to problem drug use, and welfare reform. She has also published extensively on the criminological research process.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847424990 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847424996 |
| Title | Understanding Crime and Social Policy |
| Author | Emma Wincup |
| Series | Understanding Welfare: Social Issues Policy And Practice |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Policy Press |
| Year published | 2013-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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