Adventures in Criminology

Sir Leon Radzinowicz9780415198752, 0415198755

Sir Leon Radzinowicz is one of the key figures in the development of criminology in the twentieth century. This account of the development of criminology intertwines his personal narrative as a criminologist with the progression of criminology itself.

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Table of contents :
EEn……Page 1
TOC……Page 3
Plates……Page 8
Foreword……Page 9
Acknowledgements……Page 12
1 – At the Creation……Page 14
2 – From an Active Volcano to a Well-Ordered Scenery……Page 39
3 – Towards a Medical Model of Criminal Justice……Page 61
4 – A Penological Cul-De-Sac……Page 84
5 – Trying to Break Down Traditional Barriers……Page 93
6 – The Socio-Liberal Approach to Criminal Policy……Page 124
7 – Reaching the Harbour……Page 145
8 – Putting Criminology on the National Map……Page 177
9 – Making it Work: Infusing Reality into an Idea……Page 205
10 – The Awkward Question of Capital Punishment……Page 258
Plates……Page 270
11 – An Issue which Refuses to go Away……Page 301
12 – A Prison System in Crisis……Page 315
13 – A Fruitful Approach to Penal Reform……Page 343
14 – The Death of a Royal Commission……Page 354
15 – Seeking International Solutions……Page 374
16 – Some Forays Abroad and at Home……Page 426
17 – A Grim Penal Outlook……Page 447
18 – A Brief for Criminology……Page 461
Index……Page 491