Book Series in Law
Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
New & Published Titles:
Child Sexual Abuse
Media Representations and Government Reactions
Child Sexual Abuse critically evaluates the development of policy and legislative measures to control sex offenders. The last fifteen years has seen increasing concern…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-1-904385-68-4 (Routledge-Cavendish)
UK Election Law
A Critical Examination
This book contains a critical analysis of the law and politics governing the conduct of statutory elections in the United Kingdom.
The author argues that…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-1-85941-916-8 (Routledge-Cavendish)
The Police and Social Conflict
Policing remains one of the most controversial areas of criminal justice. Recent years have seen major changes in every aspect of policing: new constructions of…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-1-904385-23-3 (Routledge-Cavendish)
Key Issues in Women's Work
Female Diversity and the Polarisation of Women's Employment
Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and often-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best…
read more2004 | Paperback: 978-1-904385-16-5 (Routledge-Cavendish)
Series Details:
This series of books is intended to offer accessible, informed and well-evidenced analyses of topical policy issues - from the national health through women's work to central issues of crime and criminal justice - as a counterweight to the manner in which they tend to be presented in political and public debates. The mass media can be sensationalizing and overly-simple. Many observers and commentators are too engaged politically or professionally to take a dispassionate stand. By contrast, what is offered here is considered expert commentary laid out in a literate and helpful manner. Moreover, in the wake of globalization, the revolution in information technology and new forms of regulation and audit, an immense proliferation of data has occurred which can swamp all but the most experienced and duly skeptical analyst. Providing an excellent core for teaching in social policy, criminology, politics and the sociology of contemporary Britain, the series is also intended for politicians, policy-makers, journalists and other concerned people who wish to know more about the world they live in today.
Forthcoming Titles:
Mental Health and Crime
By Jill Peay
To be published September 30th 2010
Health and the National Health Service
By John Carrier, Ian Kendall
To be published September 30th 2010
Immigration, Integration and Crime: A Cross-National Approach
By Luigi M. Solivetti
To be published April 28th 2010