Policy Transfer And Criminal JusticeThis book contains the first major empirical study of policy transfer in the field of criminal justice and crime control. It focuses upon policy transfer from the USA to the UK, and undertakes a detailed examination of the processes of policy change in three key areas that have been widely perceived as imports from the USA. |
Contents
Chapter 1 Convergence and divergence in crime control | 1 |
Chapter 2 Policymaking and policy transfer | 20 |
Chapter 3 Privatizing punishment | 40 |
Chapter 4 Three strikes and mandatory sentencing | 74 |
Chapter 5 Zero tolerance policing | 106 |
Chapter 6 Policy transfer in crime control | 143 |
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