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Nipping Crime in the Bud
Muriel Whitten
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Description for Nipping Crime in the Bud
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Nipping Crime in the Bud explores the origins and development of the Philanthropic Society (and its influence on contemporary institutions) amid growing alarm about crime levels, Draconian sentences under England's Bloody Code and a paucity of effective crime prevention measures. Driven by Enlightenment zeal and ideals, this was the first voluntary sector charity devoted to 'nipping crime in the bud'. It did so through education, training, accom modation, mentoring and support for young people. Uniquely, the book traces the first hard won policy networks and partnerships between government and the voluntary sector. It reveals how-sometimes against the odds, ... Read more
Nipping Crime in the Bud explores the origins and development of the Philanthropic Society (and its influence on contemporary institutions) amid growing alarm about crime levels, Draconian sentences under England's Bloody Code and a paucity of effective crime prevention measures. Driven by Enlightenment zeal and ideals, this was the first voluntary sector charity devoted to 'nipping crime in the bud'. It did so through education, training, accom modation, mentoring and support for young people. Uniquely, the book traces the first hard won policy networks and partnerships between government and the voluntary sector. It reveals how-sometimes against the odds, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Waterside Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Winchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904380658
SKU
V9781904380658
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About Muriel Whitten
Dr. Muriel Whitten has been a youth and fam ily court magistrate and a member of West Sussex Probation Committee. She has lectured widely on criminal justice matters at Gold smith's and Birkbeck (University of London), the University of Ulster and has presented for CENTREX (now the National Policing Improvement Agency). She has also contributed a weekly column to the ... Read more
Reviews for Nipping Crime in the Bud
'Nipping Crime in the Bud is a fascinating read. It combines history, criminology, politics, the law and philosophy and yet tells an absorbing tale that one could find in any of the main stream non-academic book charts': Euro Vista. 'Describes in colourful detail the background to the founding of the Society and how its founders and their successors ... Read more