Adventures in Criminology

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ISBN: 9780415198752 | 0415198755
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/6/1999

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Sir Leon Radzinowicz is one of the key figures in the development of criminology in the twentieth century. This account of the development of criminology intertwines his personal narrative as a criminologist with the progression of criminology itself.

List of plates

(1)

Foreword

(3)

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Woolf, Master of the Rolls

Acknowledgements

xiv

1 At the creation

(25)

The Maestro

(3)

The status quo

(5)

New horizons

(5)

The design of a Code of Social Defence

(5)

The demise of criminological positivism

(7)

2 From an active volcano to a well-ordered scenery

(22)

Return to Geneva

(4)

Swiss old and new ways

(2)

Carl Stooss

(1)

Searching for a via-media

(3)

Going beyond traditional punishment

(2)

Social defence slides into social aggression

(3)

The pioneer left behind his oeuvre

(2)

Some preconditions for penal progress

(5)

3 Towards a medical model of criminal justice

(23)

Pressures for change in Belgium

(6)

Criminal anthropology at work

(8)

Dr Louis Vervaeck

Anthropological penitentiary services

Psychiatric annexes

Devising a penal network

(4)

Psychiatrists at the penal helm

(5)

4 A penological cul-de-sac

(9)

An uninspiring academic cast

(1)

A reactionary Ministry of Justice

(1)

Moving towards authoritarianism

(1)

Involvement and frustration

(3)

A put-up job to discredit me

(1)

My departure

(1)

Jumping ahead in time: tempting me to return to Poland (1945) and a disappointing visit (1978)

(2)

5 Trying to break down traditional barriers

(31)

My mission to England

(1)

Paradoxical and unique institutions

(5)

New directions in sentencing policy

(5)

Grappling with persistent offenders

(13)

The young-adult recidivist

The habitual and professional criminal

The mentally defective

A landmark in penal legislation

104

(7)

6 The socio-liberal approach to criminal policy

111

(21)

Idealism versus realism

111

(3)

An environment conducive to continued penal reform

114

(5)

The threat of reversal

119

(3)

Retribution-deterrence-reformation: could a balance be struck?

122

(3)

Two Home Secretaries: two contrasting profiles

125

(5)

Epilogue

130

(2)

7 Reaching the harbour

132

(32)

My debt to the Howard League for Penal Reform

132

(1)

My first English friend

133

(2)

The Cambridge legacy in criminal science

135

(6)

Sir James Fitzjames Stephen: a rigid Victorian

Courtney Stanhope Kenny: a more subtle Edwardian

The first step

141

(2)

Six thrusts to indicate the relevance of criminology to criminal law

143

(10)

Time for some personal work

153

(11)

8 Putting criminology on the national map

164

(28)

Mr Butler takes charge of the Home Office

164

(4)

He resolves to become a reforming Home Secretary

168

(4)

Criminological research built into the Home Office

172

(3)

The grounding of independent criminological research and teaching

175

(17)

The initial step

The first hurdle

The second hurdle

The course still bumpy

9 Making it work: infusing reality into an idea

192

(53)

Some false assumptions

192

(8)

The Cambridge Institute of Criminology

200

(37)

Inter-disciplinary foundation

The postgraduate course

Doctorates in criminology

Undergraduate teaching

Building bridges with the practical world: the Advanced Course in Criminology

Another bridge: the Cropwood Fellowships

Yet another bridge: Cropwood Round-Table Conferences

Visiting Fellows to the Institute

Programme of research

Miscellaneous but connected activities

National Conferences of Research and Teaching in Criminology

Cambridge Studies in Criminology

Building an international library of criminology

Concluding remarks

Welcomed recognitions

237

(2)

Essential acknowledgements

239

(3)

Lord Butler: a few scattered reminiscences

242

(3)

10 The awkward question of capital punishment

245

(35)

The six inconclusive but revealing stages

245

(7)

A deep-rooted schism disclosed

A glimmer of hope

A painful rebuff

A resurgence of abolitionist pressures

Followed by a humiliating rejection

The government in the dock

The Royal Commission on Capital Punishment 1949-53: a new departure or a move `to delay' and `to postpone'?

252

(8)

The Chairman and the Secretary

Some of its members

The search for solutions

260

(3)

Reaching the end of the road

263

(5)

Yet a further period of equivocation

268

(6)

My further unexpected involvement in the subject

274

(4)

A very high potential for ferocity

278

(2)

11 An issue which refuses to go away

280

(14)

A bolt of lightning

280

(2)

Inspirations for change: humanity, religion, politics

282

(4)

Totalitarian distortions

286

(2)

The deadly weight of the United States

288

(3)

Forces of resistance

291

(3)

12 A prison system in crisis

294

(28)

A great escape

294

(3)

The perplexing concept of security

297

(2)

Lord Mountbatten takes command

299

(4)

Challenging Mountbatten's solution

303

(4)

Moving towards a British Alcatraz?

307

(3)

Mountbatten's report in abeyance

310

(3)

The zigzags of Mr Roy Jenkins

313

(5)

Rules of fairness to be observed when passing judgment on an inquiry

318

(4)

13 A fruitful approach to penal reform

322

(11)

Setting up an Advisory Council

322

(2)

An influential and dedicated group

324

(3)

A twenty-year involvement

327

(4)

No need for apology

331

(2)

14 The death of a Royal Commission

333

(20)

My early misgivings

333

(4)

Trying to avoid a catastrophe

337

(4)

On a collision course with the Home Office

341

(3)

Moving towards disintegration

344

(2)

The need to `revise' Lord Windlesham's account of how the end came about

346

(5)

The final lesson

351

(2)

15 Seeking international solutions

353

(52)

The big issue out of the way

354

(3)

First steps towards penal co-operation

357

(2)

Governmental sponsorship of an international commission

359

(5)

Cracks and collapse

364

(5)

A plethora of voluntary initiatives

369

(7)

Penal standards and the League of Nations

376

(4)

Lending a hand at the United Nations

380

(7)

New congresses -- old problems

387

(7)

Lending a hand at the Council of Europe

394

(8)

Summing-up

402

(3)

16 Some forays abroad and at home

405

(21)

Consultative work

405

(11)

Australia

South Africa

New York

Washington

Preaching the criminological gospel

416

(5)

Helping to transplant a foreign institution into English soil

421

(3)

A surprised co-midwife

424

(2)

17 A grim penal outlook

426

(14)

The authoritarian model

426

(3)

Tensions and dilemmas in democratic societies

429

(11)

18 A brief for criminology

440

(30)

This `barbarous neologism'

440

(1)

The sterile search for the causes of crime

441

(7)

Limitations and prospects

448

(22)

Index of Names

470

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