Regulating Deviance The Redirection of Criminalisation and the Futures of Criminal Law

by McSherry, Bernadette; Norrie, Alan; Bronitt, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781841138893
• ISBN10: 1841138894
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-22
• Publisher: Hart Publishing

Summary

The criminal attacks that occurred in the United States on 11 September 2001 have profoundly altered and reshaped the priorities of criminal justice systems around the world. Domestic criminal law has become a vehicle for criminalising 'new' terrorist offences and other transnational forms of criminality. 'Preventative' detention regimes have come to the fore, balancing the scales in favour of security rather than individual liberty. These moves complement already existing shifts in criminal justice policies and ideologies brought about by adjusting to globalisation, economic neo-liberalism and the shift away from the post-war liberal welfare settlement. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the fields of criminal law and procedure, criminology, legal history, law and psychology and the sociology of law, focuses on the future directions for the criminal law in the light of current concerns with state security and regulating 'deviant' behaviour.

Author Biography

Bernadette McSherry is ARC Federation Fellow, and Professor of Law at Monash University
Alan Norrie is the Edmund-Davies Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, King's College London.
Simon Bronitt is Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security at Griffith University in Brisbane.His research interests include criminal justice issues, including counter terrorism law and human rights, covert policing, telecommunications interception and international criminal law.