The official history of criminal justice in England and Wales. Volume IV: The politics of law and order / David Downes and Tim Newburn.
By: Downes, David M [author.]
.Contributor(s): Newburn, Tim [author.].Series: Government official history series: Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023Description: ix, 331 pages : illustrations, tables (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781032362519; 9781032366531.Other title: Politics of law and order [Portion of title].Subject(s): Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain -- History | Justice, Administration of -- Great Britain -- HistoryDDC classification: 364.941 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 364.941 ROC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 022079 |
1. Introduction -- I. The changing politics of law and order -- 2. The politics of law and order in a changing society, 1945-1970 -- 3. The rise of law and order politics, 1970-1979 -- 4. Talking tough : law and order politics, 1979-1992 -- 5. British politics of law and order, 1992-1997 : walking the walk -- II. Explaining the trends -- 6. Leaving the past behind -- 7. Pressure-group and interest-group politics -- 8. Matters of scandal and concern -- 9. Conclusion -- III. Postscript -- 10. Law and order politics, 1997-2010.
"This book is Volume IV in the Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales. Previous volumes have focused on the moral reforms of the 1960s, the changes to the criminal courts and the introduction of an independent prosecution service, and the broad shifts in penal policy that have taken place in the post-war era. This volume examines the changing politics of law and order, charting the gradual shift toward greater political conflict and dispute. Until the early 1970s law and order rarely occupied a privileged place in political debate. From that point this began to change with, initially, the Conservatives utilising crime and penal policy as a means of distinguishing themselves from their opponents. This volume charts these changes in the politics of law and order and examines the rise in the temperature of political debate around such issues as the Labour Party markedly shifted its direction in the 1990s. This book will be of interest to students of British political history, criminology and sociology."-- Taken from back cover.