Applied Criminal Justice : An Introduction

by Wahidin, Azrini

• ISBN13: 9780335222476
• ISBN10: 0335222471
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

Applied Criminal Justice: An Introduction provides an important overview of the criminal justice system in England and Wales. Each chapter encourages an historical, comparative and critical reflection on the procedures, powers and practices of the criminal justice system. This book's lively engagement with issues raised through it is use of case studies makes this book a useful tool for academics , students and professionals in the field of criminology, criminal justice and social policy.

Author Biography

.Dr Azrini Wahidin is a Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice in the Centre for Criminal Justice Policy and Research (CCJPR) at the University of Central England. She has taught at Keele and in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University at Kent. She is also a visiting Professor at Middle Tennessee State University in the department of Sociology and Anthropology.
..She holds a BA (Hons) in Sociology from Goldsmithn++s College, University of London; a PGCE in History and Sociology, a MA in Criminology from Keele University and a PhD in Criminology and Gerontology from Keele University.
..Dr Wahidin has numerous publications and books in the field of: gerontology, criminology, sociology, social policy and gerontology. She has co-authored a textbook for Oxford University press entitled: Criminology, and has edited two academic books: Ageing, Crime and Society and Foucault and Ageing. She has also written a single authored book entitled: n++Older Women in the Criminal Justice System: Running out of Timen++ by Jessica Kingsley...

.James Treadwell is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Central England. He holds BA (Hons) in Criminal Justice (UCE) PgDip/MA Criminal Justice Policy and Practice (UCE) and a BA (Hon) Community Justice (University of Birmingham). He is a former Probation Officer and also worked for NACRO. He is author of Criminology Course Companion (2006) London, Sage ..

.Dr Kate Williams is a Lecturer in Criminology in the Centre for Criminal Justice Policy and Research (CCJPR) at UCE Birmingham. She holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Manchester, an MA and PhD in Criminology from Keele. Kate is currently working on a number of research projects and publications....