Responses to Crime Book

Written by Britain's current Chairman of the Parole Board and former Home Office Minister, this book offers provocative insights into crime by a man uniquely qualified to describe the mechanisms of Britain's criminal justice system. Lord Windlesham discusses contrasting types of offenders, their victims, and a range of germane issues—including penal policy and public opinion, the treatment of mentally disordered offenders, the murder penalty, delinquency and drugs, alternatives to imprisonment, and the politics of crime—finally singling out those policies that are most likely to contribute to the greater protection of the public.