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1. Drugs and Crime

   4th Edition

   By Philip Bean

   A high proportion of crimes committed in Britain are drugs-related, with many offenders having a documented history of drug use. However, the direct link between drugs and crime if often less clear than is supposed and attempts to achieve a better understanding of these and surrounding issues have...

   To Be Published February 14th 2014 by Routledge
2. Rehabilitation and Deviance (Routledge Revivals)

   By Philip Bean

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1976, this book examines rehabilitation within the penal system in Britain in the 1970s. It argues that the ‘rehabilitative ideal’ is not the only possible alternative to a penal policy but an option which has now become institutionalized and alien to traditional concepts of...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. Drugs and Crime

   3rd Edition

   By Philip Bean

   A high proportion of crimes committed in Britain are drugs-related, with many offenders reporting drug use prior to the commission of their offence. However, the direct link between drug taking and crime is often less clear than is supposed if only because many of those offenders would have...

   Published April 30th 2008 by Willan
4. Madness and Crime

   By Philip Bean

   This book provides an authoritative and highly readable review of the relationship between madness and crime by one of the leading authorities in the field. The book is divided into four parts, each essay focusing on selected features of madness which have relevance to contemporary society. Part 1...

   Published November 30th 2007 by Willan
5. Drug Treatment

   What Works?

   Edited by Philip Bean, Teresa Nemitz

   Britain, like almost everywhere else, has a burgeoning drug problem. Finding ways of dealing with this problem is a major platform of government policy and a great deal has been made of the impact of treatment on drug users. Drug Treatment: What Works? is a cutting edge survey of the latest...

   Published August 4th 2004 by Routledge
6. Crime

   Critical Concepts in Sociology

   Edited by Philip Bean

   Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

   This four-volume collection deals with the causes and prevention of crime as well as the treatment and punishment of its perpetrators. While taking a sociological approach to the subject, the articles gathered in this collection reflect the diversity of related fields and theoretical traditions...

   Published December 11th 2002 by Routledge
7. Informers

   Policing, policy, practice

   Edited by Roger Billingsley, Teresa Nemitz, Philip Bean

   The police rely heavily on paid and unpaid informers: without them clear-up rates would plummet, and many crimes would remain undetected. Yet little is known about the informer system and how it works, for example: who are these informers? how are they recruited? how are they handled? who handles...

   Published October 31st 2000 by Willan