Crime and Social Policy

Crime and Social Policy provides an invaluable examination of the relationship between social policy and crime. It draws on recent empirical research to offer important insights into the impact of current social policy trends on the lives of offenders.

• Provides an invaluable examination of the critical relationship between social policy and crime management
• Includes illuminating case studies on the impact of social policies on offenders
• Reviews current social policy trends and their influence on crime causation, crime rates, and crime management
• Discusses the role for social policy in promoting more effective reintegration of offenders into the community
• Draws on recent empirical research ranging from youth crime, anti-social behaviour, ‘problematic families’, and social security fraud
• The collection offers important insights into the impact of current social policy trends on the lives of offenders

Hazel Kemshall is Professor of Community and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University. She has completed research for the Economic and Social Research Council, the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, the Scottish Government, and the Risk Management Authority. She has over 50 publications on risk, including Understanding Risk in Criminal Justice (2003), and Understanding the Community Management of High Risk Offenders (2008). She is the author of the Home Office risk training materials for social workers and the Scottish Executive materials for social workers.