TY - JOUR
T1 - Crime, Criminology and Criminal Justice in Scotland
AU - McAra, Lesley
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This survey of Scotland reviews: core Scottish criminal justice institutions; statistical trends in crime and punishment over the past forty years; the history and politics of Scottish criminal justice; and the emergence of a distinctively Scottish criminology. In particular, it highlights the cross-cutting modalities of power and identity that have shaped both institutional and policy development and made strong linkages between knowledge and politics.
AB - This survey of Scotland reviews: core Scottish criminal justice institutions; statistical trends in crime and punishment over the past forty years; the history and politics of Scottish criminal justice; and the emergence of a distinctively Scottish criminology. In particular, it highlights the cross-cutting modalities of power and identity that have shaped both institutional and policy development and made strong linkages between knowledge and politics.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=56149114036&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1477370808095127
DO - 10.1177/1477370808095127
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 481
EP - 504
JO - European Journal of Criminology
JF - European Journal of Criminology
SN - 1477-3708
ER -