The Second Edition of Controlling Crime provides an important evaluation of criminal justice in the United Kingdom during a period of rapid social change. Each chapter encourages historical, comparative and critical reflection on the organizational logics, powers, procedures and practices of the criminal justice system.

Intended as essential reading for students of criminology, criminal justice, community safety, socio-legal studies, sociology of crime and deviance and social policy, Controlling Crime will also be of interest to anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the operation of contemporary criminal justice systems.

Introduction - Eugene McLaughlin and John Muncie
The Origins and Development of the Police - Clive Emsley
Key Issues in Policework - Eugene McLaughlin
Critical Decisions and Processes in the Criminal Courts - Loraine Gelsthorpe
Prison Histories - John Muncie
Reform, Repression and Rehabilitation
Prisons, Punishment and Penality - Richard Sparks
The Competing Logics of Community Sanctions - Gordon Hughes
Welfare, Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice
Community and Crime Prevention - Sandra Walklate