The Politics of Crime and Criminal Justice

Fairchild and Webb's book examines politics, crime, and criminal justice in the US -- in an era characterized by attempts to re-establish political accountability for the criminal justice process. Most of the articles are based on original field research (single case studies and aggregate research) across a large number of jurisdictions and approaches. Almost half of the volume is concerned with legislative politics at state and federal levels: three case studies on institutional politics; two on local politics and police; and one on state politics and correctional institutions. 'Politics' is here defined as the relations of power and influence that occur between those who are professionally involved in the prevention of crime, or in the processing of the accused and convicted, and those who are part of the complex representative decision-making apparatus in the US.Fairchild, Erika is the author of 'The Politics of Crime and Criminal Justice' with ISBN 9780803924239 and ISBN 0803924232.