ABSTRACT
First published in 1992, Public Order and Private Lives is a radical examination of the political forces which shaped the law and order debate in Britain at that time. The authors offer a significant and provoking analysis of Conservative policies on crime, showing that, ironically, they created the very social conditions in which crime flourished. The book argues that the Conservative government undermined basic civil liberties by its increased use of legislation as a means of control and coercion, and as a result of this, crime increased under their governance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
chapter |22 pages
Economic liberalism and Conservative criminology
chapter |22 pages
The failure of Conservative criminology under Thatcher
chapter |22 pages
Inside the crisis and the crisis inside
Prisons, punishment and Conservative criminology