The Politics of Crime Control

Making Sense of Crime Control/PART ONE: CONTROL AND PREVENTION IN PRACTICE/The Politics of Crime/The American Experience/A Debate Between Elliot Currie and James Q Wilson/Crime Prevention/The British Experience/The Political Construction of Crime Prevention/A Contrast Between the French and British Experience/The Politics of Prostitution and Drug Control/PART TWO: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO PREVENTION AND CONTROL/Freedom Responsibility and Justice/The Criminology of the `New Right'/Left Realism and the Priorities of Crime Control/The Theoretical and Political Priorities of Critical Criminology/Violence Against Women and Children/The Contradictions of Crime Control under Patriarchy/Abolitionism and Crime Control/A Contradiction in Terms