viii, 190 pages ; 23 cm

An examination of the political forces which shape the law and order debate in Britain, providing an analysis of the Conservative agenda on crime and legislation as a means of control and coercion

Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-183) and indexes

1. Introduction -- 2. Economic liberalism and Conservation criminology -- 3. Private attitudes and public policy: control culture of the law and order society -- 4. The police as social workers: community and multi-agency policing -- 5. The failure of Conservation criminology under Thatcher -- Fraud: white collars and grey areas -- 7. Inside the crisis and the crisis inside: prisons, punishment and Conservative criminology -- 8. Is Conservative criminology here to stay?

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