Criminal Justice Research
Inspiration, Influence and Ideation

This title was first published in 2002: Ian McKenzie and Ray Bull gather together key authors in the field of criminal justice to provide a critical overview, from a personal perspective, of a range of books, papers and articles which have been published in the twentieth century and which have inspired and/or influenced their research efforts. The chapters provide telling insights, into the thinking process and the sources of intellectual stimulation that have motivated some of today?s leading-edge researchers in criminal justice.

Contents: The Criminal Justice Core: The first cut is the deepest: criminological texts and the return of the repressed, Robert Reiner; Reflections on victims and victimization: an autobiography of ideas, Sandra Walklate. Police Culture: Beyond behaviourism: police culture revisited, Ian K. McKenzie; Researching equality: the case of women police, Jennifer Brown; Under observation: leadership in American policing, James Ginger. The Police Role: Reinventing governance: the case of private policing, Les Johnston; Community policing: the US experience, Harold K. Becker and Donna Lee Becker. Crime Investigation: The story of criminal proceedings: from fact-finding to police decision-making, Peter J. van Koppen; Applying psychology to crime investigation: the case of police interviewing, Ray Bull; Name index.