Since the late 1960s sociology, in common with other social sciences, has been affected by
a major change in its assumptions about the world: for the first time, gender is on the …

This book challenges contemporary criminological thinking, providing a thorough critique of
mainstream criminology, including both liberal criminology and administrative criminology. It …

How people move from deviant to conventional lifestyles is an issue that has attracted
considerable interest over the past few years. However, much of this work has focused on …

This article comprises an overview of the principal normative and operational issues that
arise in both common and civil law states' arrangements for the compensation and …

'Out-of-court disposals'(OOCDs) by the police have become a contentious area for policy
and political focus in England and Wales. For some, notably the justice secretary, the …

This paper considers the rise of third sector agencies as key criminal justice providers within
the context of the marketization of probation and other crime management responses. We …

With early feminist work in British criminology focused on understanding the female offender
(Heidensohn, 1985; Smart, 1977), the past 40 years or so has seen the stock of knowledge …

Baroness Corston's report: A review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal
justice system made a series of recommendations to bring about improvements in relation to …

This chapter is focused on police-led diversion of offenders from the formal criminal justice
process. Over the last 50 years, there has been increasing interest in the potential of …

Following the implementation of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014, the Transforming
Rehabilitation (TR) reforms expanded the offender management market to include several …