The Criminological Foundations of Penal Policy Essays in Honour of Roger Hood

by Zedner, Lucia; Ashworth, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780199265091
• ISBN10: 0199265097
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

How have the findings of academic criminologists affected the development of public policy? This is the central question addressed by this collection of essays, which explore the complex relationship between research and policy making. The Criminological Foundations of Penal Policy is a volume in honour of Roger Hood, Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Criminological Research in the University of Oxford.

Author Biography

Lucia Zedner is Reader in Criminal Justice, Senior Law Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and an Associate Member of the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Oxford. From 1989-94 she was a lecturer at the London School of Economics, and from 1991-94 she was also assistant Director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice. Andrew Ashworth QC, DCL, FBA is Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford, and has been an Associate of the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Oxford since 1980. He is a member of the Sentencing Advisory Panel and of the Criminal Committee of the Judicial Studies Board.

Table of Contents

General Editors Introduction	v
Notes on Contributors	ix
Editors' Introduction	1	(30)
Lucia Zedner and Andrew Ashworth
Part 1 The Theoretical Relationships between Research and Policy
1. The Culture and Power of Criminological Research
Richard V. Ericson	31	(48)
2. Principles, Politics, and Criminal Justice
Nicola Lacey	79	(28)
3. Theoretical Reflections on the Evaluation of a Penal Policy Initiative
Anthony E. Bottoms	107	(90)
Part 2 The Historical Development of Criminology as a Basis for Criminal Justice Policy
4. Useful Knowledge? Debating the Role of Criminology in Post-war Britain
Lucia Zedner	197	(40)
5. Hearing, Not Listening: Penal Policy and the Political Prisoners of 1906-1921
Seán McConville	237	(32)
6. Ministers and Modernisation: Criminal Justice Policy, 1997-2001
Lord Windlesham	269	(26)
Part 3 Criminological Research and Policy Change: Three Case Studies
7. Sentencing and Sensitivity: A Challenge for Criminological Research
Andrew Ashworth	295	(38)
8. The Forester's Dilemma: The Influence of Police Research on Police Practice
Richard Young and Andrew Sanders	333	(44)
9. The Development of Parole and the Role of Research in its Reform
Stephen Shute	377	(66)
Part 4 International Comparisons
10. The Renaissance of the Victim in Criminal Policy: A Reconstruction of the German Campaign
Heike Jung	443	(20)
11. Influencing Policy: Successes and Failures of Criminological Research in Australia
Richard Harding	463	(22)
12. Criminology and Public Policy in the USA and UK
Michael Tonry and David A. Green	485	(42)
Index of Names	527	(3)
Subject Index	530