Criminal justice in Scotland /

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Imprint:Aldershot [Eng.] ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate/Dartmouth, 1999.
Description:xvi, 412 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3498853
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Other authors / contributors:Duff, Peter.
Hutton, Neil, 1953-
ISBN:1855218909 (hb)
1855218992 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-412).
Table of Contents:
  • About the Editors and Contributors
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Crime Trends in Scotland Since 1950
  • 3. Crime Statistics and the 'Problem of Crime' in Scotland
  • 4. Classifying Scottish Criminal Procedure
  • 5. The Politics of Crime Prevention: The Safer Cities Experiment in Scotland
  • 6. Situating Scottish Policing
  • 7. The Prosecution Service: Independence and Accountability
  • 8. Criminal Justice Responses to Bail Abuse
  • 9. Courts
  • 10. Sentencing in Scotland
  • 11. The Fine as an Auto-Punishment: Power, Money and Discipline
  • 12. Community-based Disposals
  • 13. Imprisonment and Other Custodial Sentences
  • 14. Preventing Offending by Children and Young People in Scotland
  • 15. Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice
  • 16. Women and the Scottish Criminal Justice System
  • 17. Scottish Ethnic Minorities, Crime and the Police
  • 18. Victims of Crime
  • 19. Privatisation, Policing and Crime Control: Tracing the Contours of the Public-Private Divide
  • 20. The Politics of Penality: An Overview of the Development of Penal Policy in Scotland
  • 21. Bibliography