Book Review: Understanding Criminal Justice: Sociological Perspectives
| Author | Christine Allen |
| DOI | 10.1177/146680250500500406 |
| Published date | 01 November 2005 |
| Date | 01 November 2005 |
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Philip Smith and Kristin Natalier
Understanding Criminal Justice: Sociological Perspectives
London: Sage Publications, 2005. 225 pp. £65.00 ISBN £19.99
0–7619–4031–6 (hbk) ISBN 0–7619–4032–4 (pbk)
• Reviewed by Christine Allen, University of Essex, UK
A professor at an American university said to me recently, ‘So many students
want to catch the bad guys. They watch CSI: New York and come into class
saying they want to be profilers’. I knew what he was talking about (although,
teaching at a British university, plotlines from The Bill are more likely to enter
my classroom’s discussions). One of the most common challenges in teaching
students criminal justice is getting them to take a step back and think critically
about law, punishment and its institutions in a way that goes beyond all too
familiar discourse about ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’. Until recently, textbooks
in criminal justice have not always been most helpful in this endeavor. As Philip
Smith and Kristin...
433
Philip Smith and Kristin Natalier
Understanding Criminal Justice: Sociological Perspectives
London: Sage Publications, 2005. 225 pp. £65.00 ISBN £19.99
0–7619–4031–6 (hbk) ISBN 0–7619–4032–4 (pbk)
• Reviewed by Christine Allen, University of Essex, UK
A professor at an American university said to me recently, ‘So many students
want to catch the bad guys. They watch CSI: New York and come into class
saying they want to be profilers’. I knew what he was talking about (although,
teaching at a British university, plotlines from The Bill are more likely to enter
my classroom’s discussions). One of the most common challenges in teaching
students criminal justice is getting them to take a step back and think critically
about law, punishment and its institutions in a way that goes beyond all too
familiar discourse about ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’. Until recently, textbooks
in criminal justice have not always been most helpful in this endeavor. As Philip
Smith and Kristin...
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