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1. The Penal Landscape

   The Howard League Guide to Criminal Justice in England and Wales

   Edited by Anita Dockley, Ian Loader

   The Howard League for Penal Reform is committed to developing an effective penal system which ensures there are fewer victims of crime, has a diminished role for prison and creates a safer community for all. In this collection of ten papers, the charity has brought together some of the most...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. Public Criminology?

   By Ian Loader, Richard Sparks

   Series: Key Ideas in Criminology

   What is the role and value of criminology in a democratic society? How do, and how should, its practitioners engage with politics and public policy? How can criminology find a voice in an agitated, insecure and intensely mediated world in which crime and punishment loom large in government agendas...

   Published July 4th 2010 by Routledge
3. Crime and Social Change in Middle England

   Questions of Order in an English Town

   By Evi Girling, Ian Loader, Richard Sparks

   Crime and Social Change in Middle England offers a new way of looking at contemporary debates on the fear of crime. Using observation, interviews and documentary analysis it traces the reactions of citizens of one very ordinary town to events, conflicts and controversies around such topical...

   Published November 24th 1999 by Routledge