The Politics of Crime and Community - by Gordon Hughes (Paperback)

About the Book

Gordon Hughes offers a wide-ranging and authoritative analysis of the complex issues and debates in the politics of crime and community safety. Drawing on new research and evidence, the text adopts an original comparativist perspective to the understanding of the culture of contemporary society.

Book Synopsis

This timely book offers a wide-ranging and authoritative analysis of the complex issues and debates in the politics of crime and community safety.

About the Author

GORDON HUGHES is Professor of Criminology at the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, UK. He is Co-director of the European Society of Criminology's European Governance of Public Safety Research Network. He is the author of Understanding Crime Prevention and editor of Imagining Welfare Futures (1998). He is co-editor of Criminological Perspectives, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: New Directions and Crime Control and Community.
GORDON HUGHES is Professor of Criminology at the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, UK. He is Co-director of the European Society of Criminology's European Governance of Public Safety Research Network. He is the author of Understanding Crime Prevention and editor of Imagining Welfare Futures (1998). He is co-editor of Criminological Perspectives, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: New Directions and Crime Control and Community.