Policing Urban Poverty

C. Crowther (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

1999 | 1st ed. 2000
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-41143-6 (ISBN)

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Policing Urban Poverty demonstrates that, since the nineteenth century, a core task of the police has been crime control and order maintenance, especially in poor communities. This illuminating book focuses on the policy implications of discourses on poverty and crime in America and Britain. It draws on sociological theory and extensive empirical evidence, which show that in recent history senior police policy-makers have been involved in a struggle with their political masters in determining the most judicious means to tackle urban poverty and crime.

CHRIS CROWTHER is Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Human Sciences at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, where he has worked since 1997. He formerly taught criminal justice studies at the Scarman Centre for the Study of Public Order, University of Leicester. In addition to a continuing interest in policing, he is currently researching crime, social divisions and community development in southern England.

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Historical Perspectives on Poverty and Crime Debating Poverty and Crime in the US: From Moynihan to Murray Poverty and Crime in the UK From Theory to Practice The Policy Process in Modern Society Policing and the Power of Public Debate Policing Poor Communities The Changing Nature of Crime and the Workless Society Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.08.2016
Zusatzinfo	XII, 264 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-349-41143-4 / 1349411434
ISBN-13	978-1-349-41143-6 / 9781349411436
Zustand	Neuware