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We must acknowledge the limits of policing and punishment in the absence of social justice

Reiner, Robert (2012) We must acknowledge the limits of policing and punishment in the absence of social justice. British Politics and Policy at LSE (30 Jan 2012). Website.

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Abstract

Robert Reiner argues that it is time we re-evaluated our ‘common sense’ conceptions of the role of the police, and started to take seriously the notion that socio-economically rooted pressures generating criminality have been suppressed, but not tackled, by the decades of getting tough on crime but not its causes.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information: © 2012 the author
Divisions: Law
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited: 28 May 2012 10:38
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 18:28
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/44074

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