Crime, Justice and Human Rights

by Weber, Leanne; Marmo, Marinella; Fishwick, Elaine

• ISBN13: 9781137299208
• ISBN10: 1137299207
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-05-01
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Crime, Justice and Human Rights is an introduction to the philosophy, law and politics of human rights, uniquely tailored to criminologists and criminal justice practitioners. Integrating human rights and criminological frameworks across a range of subject areas – from criminalization and state crime, to crime prevention and critical analyses of the operation of the police, courts and penal system – the authors highlight both the potential and the limitations of human rights in informing new directions in criminology.

Featuring case material from Europe, North America, Australia and beyond, this critical, multidisciplinary text supports the teaching of human rights across a wide range of criminological topics, and assists students, researchers and independent readers to incorporate human rights paradigms into their criminological analysis.

Author Biography

Leanne Weber is a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University, Australia, and has published widely in the areas of policing and human rights. She has studied and worked at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge and the Human Rights Centre at Essex University, and is the holder of a Larkins Fellowship.

Marinella Marmo is Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Criminology at Flinders University, Australia. She works in the area of international criminal justice, and has written numerous articles on the topic. She has received a Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Elaine Fishwick has worked as an academic and research/policy consultant in the UK and Australia. Her area of teaching and research interest has been in social, legal and criminal justice issues. She has also worked extensively as an advocate for children and young people's rights in New South Wales.

Table of Contents

PART I: UNDERSTANDING HUMAN RIGHTS
1. The Origins and Idea of Human Rights
2. International Human Rights Law
3. Human Rights and Civil Society
4. Collective Rights and Discrimination
5. Integrating Criminology and Human Rights
PART II: APPLYING HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMINOLOGY
6. Criminal Law
7. Crime Prevention
8. Policing
9. Criminal Courts
10. Detention
11. Juvenile Justice
12. Victims
PART III: A CRIMINOLOGY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
13. Future Directions