The Crime and Society Foundation is a criminal justice and social policy
think tank based at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King’s
College London. All of our resources are available free of charge on our
website and may be useful to lecturers and students with an interest in
criminology, social policy and law.
Lecturers, tutors and students may be interested in viewing and subscribing
to our:
• Daily newspaper summaries
(http://www.crimeandsociety.org.uk/dailynews.html)
• Monthly e-bulletin
(http://www.crimeandsociety.org.uk/monthlynews.html)
• Publications, articles and speeches
(http://www.crimeandsociety.org.uk/publications.html)
Many of the publications, articles and speeches on our website may be
useful as a basis for seminar discussions and debates. For example, our
publications include;
‘RIGHT FOR THE WRONG REASONS. MAKING SENSE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FAILURE’
Richard Garside examines claims that crime can be reduced by driving up
criminal justice performance, arguing that criminal justice reform and
crime reduction are different policy challenges. On 30 October 2006 the
Foundation will be publishing the final version of this pamphlet alongside
responses from leading academics, penal reformers and politicians. This
document will provide a useful insight into some of the different
perspectives within current debates on law and order and can be used in
class discussions on:
• Politics and crime
• Criminal justice policy
• Measuring crime
Download here: http://www.crimeandsociety.org.uk/briefings/rftwr.html
‘CRIMINAL OBSESSIONS. WHY HARM MATTERS MORE THAN CRIME’
Paddy Hillyard, Christina Pantazis, Steve Tombs, Dave Gordon and Danny
Dorling provide an innovative and groundbreaking critique of conventional
criminological approaches to social issues. The contributors show how
social harm relates to social and economic inequalities that are at the
heart of the liberal state. The essays in this monograph may be a useful
resource in discussions on:
• Defining harm and crime
• Inequality and crime
• Workplace harms
Download here: http://www.crimeandsociety.org.uk/briefings/harm.html
‘CRIME, PERSISTENT OFFENDERS AND THE JUSTICE GAP’
This paper criticises the government’s strategy to target known offenders,
pointing to the many hidden crimes that never come to the attention of the
authorities. The paper also criticises the use made by the government of
crime statistics.
The essays in this discussion paper may be a useful resource for
discussions on:
• Measuring crime
• Persistent and serious offenders
• Politics and crime
Download here: http://www.crimeandsociety.org.uk/briefings/jgap.html
All of our publications are available in hard copy for a small charge – see
our website to order.
ARTICLES
We also have a number short articles written on a range of subjects, such
as victims’ policy, antisocial behaviour, communities and communitarianism,
and law and order politics. They can be viewed here -
http://www.crimeandsociety.org.uk/publications.html.
Please feel free to circulate our details to colleagues and for more
information about our work and resources, see our website.
Crime and Society Foundation
King’s College London
26-29 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5RL
0207 848 1685
www.crimeandsociety.org.uk
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