Contents

pp iii-iv

A brief introduction

pp v-vii

Notes on contributors

pp viii-xiv

Section One - Values of criminological theories

pp 1-4

one - Judging offenders: the moral implications of criminological theories

pp 5-20

two - Postmodernism and criminological thought: ‘Whose science? Whose knowledge?’

pp 21-38

three - Marxist criminology: whose side, which values?

pp 39-56

four - A contemporary reflection on feminist criminology: whose side are we on?

pp 57-76

five - Bringing the boys back home: re-engendering criminology

pp 77-92

six - New ‘racisms’ and prejudices? The criminalisation of ‘Asian’

pp 93-108

seven - The value(s) of cultural criminology

pp 109-124

eight - Justifying ‘green’ criminology: values and ‘taking sides’ in an ecologically informed social science

pp 125-142

Section Two - Values in criminal justice

pp 143-146

nine - A moral in the story? Virtues, values and desistance from crime

pp 147-164

ten - The value of values in probation practice?

pp 165-186

eleven - Developments in police education in England and Wales: values, culture and ‘common-sense’ policing

pp 187-206

twelve - Race, religion and human rights: valuable lessons from prison

pp 207-222

thirteen - The public–private divide: which side is criminal justice on?

pp 223-238

fourteen - Working with victims: values and validations

pp 239-254

fifteen - Money as the measure of man: values and value in the politics of reparation

pp 255-272

Section Three - Values in research, policy and practice

pp 273-276

sixteen - The Emperor’s new clothes: can Big Society deliver criminal justice?

pp 277-294

seventeen - What’s valuable, what’s valued in today’s youth justice?

pp 295-312

eighteen - Economic values and evidence: evaluating criminal justice policy

pp 313-328

nineteen - Reflections on values and ethics in narrative inquiry with (ex-)offenders

pp 329-342

twenty - Working with different values: extremism, hate and sex crimes

pp 343-358

twenty-one - Value for money? The politics of contract research

pp 359-380

Index

pp 381-394