Crime and Social Policy provides an invaluable examination of the relationship between social policy and crime. It draws on recent empirical research to offer i

Paul Knepper discusses the difference social policy makes, or can make, in any response to crime. He also considers the contribution of criminology to the debat

This book explores the relationship between crime and social policy from both a theoretical and empirical approach. Analyzing various governmental policies, Emm

From anti-immigration agendas that criminalise vulnerable populations, to the punishment of the poor and the governance of parenting, this timely book explores

First published in 1979, Inequality, Crime, and Public Policy integrates and interprets the vast corpus of existing research on social class, slums, and crime,