Where Next for Criminal Justice? ... reviews the policies and the governance of criminal justice over the last thirty years as well as the latest developments and research evidence, and argues for a fundamental reassessment of what criminal justice is for and what it is realistically able to achieve. CrimeTalk.org.uk
In this timely volume the authors provide a succinct and penetrating critique of contemporary criminal justice. They set out a series of arguments that will be of great interest to scholars, practitioners and policy makers. Julian V. Roberts, University of Oxford
a passionate and comprehensive account of the path of travel policy has taken....considers the political and social trends...the book is an essential reference for a through overview of the UK justice system, past and present, and perhaps even future. Bethany E.Schmidt, PhD candidate, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Edited by Dr Marian Duggan, Sheffield Hallam University
The authors clearly set out their aims and meet them in a very accessible book which covers the broad history of UK criminal justice issues over the last thirty years and indicates a way forward for the current government. Internet Journal of Criminology
Between them, Faulkner and Burnett provide wise and incisive observations on crime prevention, policing, courts and sentencing, youth justice, probation and prisons, their chapter focus points. This is a valuable overview of our direction of policy travel over the last 30 years and ... is as valuable an introduction as students are likely to find. British Journal of Criminology
Between them, Faulkner and Burnett provide wise and incisive observations on crime prevention, policing, courts and sentencing, youth justice, probation and prisons, their chapter focus points. This is a valuable overview of our direction of policy travel over the last 30 years and ... is as valuable an introduction as students are likely to find. British Journal of Criminology
As well as providing a very good overview of criminal justice policy over the last thirty years, [Where next for criminal justice?] offers a vision that those thinking about the future of criminal justice, and I might add social work, could do well to embrace. British Journal of Social Work
The authors of this book are old-hands in the policy-making and policy-influencing process..Nonetheless, their willingness to..catalogue recent policy developments in criminal justice in such a comprehensive and fine-grained way..for a rational and compassionate criminal justice policy in England and Wales is a commendable service. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
