Advancing Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy
Advancing Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy

Author: Thomas G. Blomberg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-10

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1317571991

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Advancing Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy is a definitive sourcebook that is comprised of contributions from some of the most recognized experts in criminology and criminal justice policy. The book is essential reading for students taking upper level courses and seminars on crime, public policy and crime prevention, as well as for policy makers within the criminal justice sphere. There has been a growing recognition of the importance of evidence-based criminal justice policies from criminologists, policymakers, and practitioners. Yet, despite governmental and professional association efforts to promote the role of criminological research in criminal justice policy, political ideologies, fear, and the media heavily influence criminal justice policies and practices. Bridging the gap between research and policy, this book provides the best-available research evidence, identifies strategies for informing policy and offers direct policy recommendations for a number of pressing contemporary issues in criminal justice, including: Delinquency, intervention programs and community crime prevention, Problem-oriented policing and the science of hot-spot policing, Sentencing and drug courts, Community corrections, incarceration and rehabilitation, Mental illness, gender, aging and indigenous communities.

Ombudsman Issues
Ombudsman Issues

Author: Public Administration Select Committee

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9780215008428

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Seven documents about the Ombudsmen have been issued since 1996. and the Committeeurges the Government to produce a draft bill to implement the review of the Ombudsmen. In July 2000 Andrew Robathan MP tabled a series of parliamentary questions, relating to the number of occasions that ministers had made declarations of private interests in accordance with the Ministerial Code of Conduct, but the Home Office refused to provide replies. A complaint was made to the Ombudsman, who upheld the complaint, but the Home Office still refused to release this information. The Committee recommends that the Government should reconsider its decision not to accept the Ombudsman's findings in this case, and should publish the required information. The Committee also recommends that every organisation within the remit of the Ombudsman should a designated contact, tasked with ensuring that replies to the Ombudsman are both prompt and comprehensive.