This book brings together leading experts to consider the relationship between criminology and democratic politics. Chapters cover a range of themes such as punishment, knowledge and penal politics; crime, fear and the media; democratic politics and the uses of criminological knowledge; and the publ...

This book brings together leading experts to consider the relationship between criminology and democratic politics. Chapters cover a range of themes such as punishment, knowledge and penal politics; crime, fear and the media; democratic politics and the uses of criminological knowledge; and the public role of criminology.