Recent Book: An Improved Model!: The Criminal Jurisdiction of Magistrates
| Published date | 01 April 1978 |
| Author | Aedilis |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X7805100224 |
| Date | 01 April 1978 |
| Subject Matter | Recent Book |
a period when
"an
unruly population
are being transformed by the industrial
revolution." As the middle-classes, in
both English and American society,
increasingly became anxious to protect
their property and maintain the profit-
able inequalities of the social order, so
also did they legitimate the power
which they permitted their police to
exercise on their behalf, yet impro-
vising when necessary, the relief of
frustration by organizational means:
in New York, through political cam-
paigning which removed disliked
"police bosses"; in both countries
through demonstrations
and
pressure
for changes in the law.
The book chronicles these, and their
social and institutional responses
amongst the public and police, showing
the unexpected consequences of major
and minor events. This is salutary for
penal reformers and social engineers
who are still not sufficiently aware, as
this work of basic objective sociology
may help to make them, of the subtly
changing forces which operate when
the community seeks to regulate its
own deviancy.
YVONNE
CRAIG
AN
IMPROVED
MODEL!
BRIAN
T.
HARRIS,
LL.B.:
The Criminal Jurisdiction
of
Magistrates (6th Edition).
Barry Rose (Publishers) Ltd. Hardback £15.00. Paperback £12.00.
If
anyone had suggested a few years
ago
that
Stone's Justices' Manual
would be in danger of losing its pre-
eminent position as the reference work
for the lower courts, one would have
thought it highly unlikely.
However, thanks to the scholarship
and dedication of Brian Harris, he
must now be very close to achieving
that
goal.
As his rival has got fatter and fatter
and now even needs its own attache
case, he manages to achieve miracles
of condensation without ever missing
apoint.
There is no better value in legal text
books on the market and it can truly
be described as indispensable to any
one whose work takes them into
magistrates' courts.
AEDIUS
AND
THE
CUSTOMER
PAYS
DENIS
E.
BYRNE
AND
PETER
H.
JONES:
Retail
Security-
AManagement Function. 20th Century Security Education Ltd. £6.50.
Estimates of the value of thefts from
shops and stores vary considerably,
but
all of them are measured in millions
of pounds and in the best regulated
establishments amount to at least 1%
of turnover whilst in the less efficient
stores to 5%or more. Needless to say
it is the customer who pays for this
"shrinkage", but there comes a time
when management can no longer pass
on the cost of thefts, breakages and
losses. They have to consider a cut in
profits instead.
It
is at this point
that
the board of directors of most com-
panies become convinced
that
there is
a place for retail security measures.
Because many companies have been
through this rather traumatic experi-
ence there are many security officers
now employed in the trade to deal with
this ever growing problem.
It
is to this
army of professional security men
that
Messrs. Byrne and Jones address them-
selves in their book. Ex police officers
employed in this field
join
the retail
trade hoping
that
their experience in
the Service will be enough to enable
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them to cope with the situation but
they find very often
that
it is a very
specialized area and they need gui-
dance. Iwould commend this book to
them and even to those who are already
well established in retail security, be-
cause it will be a useful refresher.
It
might even be advantageous to leave it
lying on the managing director's desk,
for if he chooses to browse through it,
it may convince him
that
he should be
taking a keener interest in security,
especially as the emphasis throughout
its pages is on management responsi-
bility.
The authors take a comprehensive
look at many aspects of security in
addition to those particularly con-
nected with the retail trade. There are
chapters on physical measures against
intruders; movement of goods in bulk
and emergency callouts of key holders.
There are minor discrepancies in the
text such as the description of the
oath
to be taken at court which does not,
as suggested, include the witnesses
name on it.
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