The Police and Community Justice: The Lambeth Policing Experiment

This article focuses on the relevance of the idea of community justice for understanding the policing of drugs in England and Wales.

The Anglo-American Measurement of Police Performance: Compstat and Best Value

The argument is put forward that by comparing policing in the UK to policing across the Atlantic in New York, one can gain significant insight into the underlying processes which drive the managerial regimes of Best Value in the UK and Compstat in the USA.

Angry or What? Experiences of Being a Crime Victim

This paper reports findings from a survey of 145 crime victims in West Yorkshire, designed to assess the physical and emotional impact of victimisation.

Throw Out the Bathwater but Keep the Baby! The Role of the Supervisory Relationship in ‘What Works’ Initiatives Among Swedish Male Probationers

‘What Works’ initiatives have led to fears that the role of probation officers will be reduced to that of competent functionaries rather than skilled experts in criminal justice social work.

Community Justice Centres: A US-UK Exchange

This article seeks to provide some background information on community justice centres in the US and the pilot North Liverpool Community Justice Centre - the results of an international roundtable, convened by the Center for Court Innovation and the Office for Public Management, that took place in London towards the end of 2004.

Book Reviews (3.2)

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