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An Introduction to Criminal Justice

by Jamie Harding, Pamela Davies and George Mair

Student Resources

  • Chapter 2: Criminal Justice since 1945: A Brief History
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 3: Definitions and the Counting of Crime
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 4: Purposes of the Criminal Justice Process
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 5: Characteristics of Offenders
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 6: Diversity and the Criminal Justice Process
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 7: Media Representations of Criminal Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 8: Government, Governance and Criminal Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 9: Researching Criminal Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 10: Community Safety and Crime Prevention
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 11: Policing
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 12: Policing as Part of a Multi-agency Approach
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 13: Prosecution and the Alternatives
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 14: Criminal Courts
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 15: Community Sentences
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 16: Imprisonment
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 17: Parole and Release from Prison
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 18: Youth Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 19: Dealing with Complaints and Misconduct
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 20: Supporting Victims and Witnesses
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 21: Does the Criminal Justice Process Work?
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 22
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Podcasts
  • Study skills

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Additional learning resources

Office for National Statistics:

Home Office: 

Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

Clinks: 

Prison Reform Trust: 

House of Commons: 

Runnymede: 

World Health Organization: 

Relevant journal articles

Coid, J., Petruckevitch, A., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T., Bhugra, D., Jenkins, R. and Singleton, N. (2002) ‘Ethnic differences in prisoners 1: Criminality and psychiatric morbidity’, The British Journal of Psychiatry, 181(6): 473–80. 

Colins, O.F., Boonmann, C., Veenstra, J., Van Domburgh, L., Buffing, F., Doreleijers, T.A. and Vermeiren, R.R. (2013) ‘Mental health problems and recidivism among detained male adolescents from various ethnic origins’, European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 22: 481–90. 

Dunaway, R.G., Cullen, F.T., Burton, V.S. and Evans, T.D. (2000) ‘The myth of social class and crime revisited. An examination of class and adult criminality’, Criminology, 38(2): 589–632. 

Miller, J. (2010) ‘Stop and search in England: A reformed tactic or business as usual?’ British Journal of Criminology, 50(5): 954–74. 

Phillips, C. and Bowling, B. (2003) ‘Racism, ethnicity and criminology. Developing minority perspectives’, British Journal of Criminology, 43(2): 269–90. 

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