Criminal Justice

Preface Part 1: History and Theories of Crime and Justice 1. Why Punish? Philosophies of Punishment 1.1 Introduction - studying punishment 1.2 The aims of punishment 1.3 Deterrence 1.4 Retribution 1.5 Rehabilitation 1.6 Summary 1.7 Further reading 2. Theories of Punishment 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The role of punishment in promoting social solidarity - the work and influence of Durkheim and Weber 2.3 Punishment as part of a class based process of economic and social control - the Marxist approach 2.4 Punishment, power and regulation - the work of Michel Foucault 2.5 Summary 2.6 Further reading 3. The History of Crime and Justice 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Early history - before the 'bloody code' 3.3 The 18th century and the 'bloody code' 3.4 The birth of the prison - the late 18th century and beyond 3.5 The police and the emergence of the criminal justice system 3.6 20th century developments 3.7 Gender 3.8 Ethnicity 3.9 Further reading 4. Victimology 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Who are the victims? 4.3 The emergence of victimology 4.4 Theories and methods of research in victimology 4.5 Victims of public and private crime - victims of domestic violence; corporate crime and its victims 4.6 Further reading Part 2: The Criminal Justice System 5. Police and Policing 5.1 A brief history of policing 5.2 The police role today 5.3 Police culture 5.4 Further reading 6. The Courts, Sentencing and the Judiciary 6.1 The structure of the courts 6.2 The Crown Prosecution Service 6.3 Trials and sentencing: principles and issues 6.4 Sentencing and social divisions 6.5 The judiciary 6.6 Further reading 7. Prisons and Imprisonment 7.1 The history of prisons 7.2 Prisons and imprisonment - the current context 7.3 Imprisonment - experiences and issues 7.4 Community penalties 7.5 Further reading References