TY - JOUR
T1 - Ducking and diving
T2 - formulating a policy for police and criminal justice in the 1990s
AU - Loveday, Barry
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - This article reviews the development of government policy in criminal justice and policing in the 1990s and provides a critical assessment of the 1994 Police and Magistrates Court Act and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. It is argued that the ‘law and order’ issue was viewed as a means of uniting a divided Conservative Government; and that the Police and Magistrates Court Act will centralize the police service, but is unlikely to affect levels of crime. Crime rates and their relationship to market societies is also assessed. Finally, it is argued that the old crime control nostrums which, are once again on offer in the 1990s, are as likely to fail as those presented by the Thatcher Government in the early 1980s.
AB - This article reviews the development of government policy in criminal justice and policing in the 1990s and provides a critical assessment of the 1994 Police and Magistrates Court Act and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. It is argued that the ‘law and order’ issue was viewed as a means of uniting a divided Conservative Government; and that the Police and Magistrates Court Act will centralize the police service, but is unlikely to affect levels of crime. Crime rates and their relationship to market societies is also assessed. Finally, it is argued that the old crime control nostrums which, are once again on offer in the 1990s, are as likely to fail as those presented by the Thatcher Government in the early 1980s.
U2 - 10.1080/09540969409387825
DO - 10.1080/09540969409387825
M3 - Article
SN - 0954-0962
VL - 14
SP - 25
EP - 30
JO - Public Money & Management
JF - Public Money & Management
IS - 3
ER -
