{"product_id":"the-routledge-handbook-of-irish-deirdre-healy-9780367581718","title":"The Routledge Handbook of Irish Criminology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Irish Criminology\u003c\/em\u003e is the first edited collection of its kind to bring together the work of leading Irish criminologists in a single volume. While Irish criminology can be characterised as a nascent but dynamic discipline, it has much to offer the Irish and international reader due to the unique historical, cultural, political, social and economic arrangements that exist on the island of Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e consists of 30 chapters, which offer original, comprehensive and critical reviews of theory, research, policy and practice in a wide range of subject areas. The chapters are divided into four thematic sections: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstanding crime examines specific offence types, including homicide, gangland crime and white-collar crime, and the theoretical perspectives used to explain them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eResponding to crime explores criminal justice responses to crime, including crime prevention, restorative justice, approaches to policing and trial as well as post-conviction issues such as imprisonment, community sanctions and rehabilitation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eContexts of crime investigates the social, political and cultural contexts of the policymaking process, including media representations, politics, the role of the victim and the impact of gender.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eEmerging ideas focuses on innovative ideas that prompt a reconsideration of received wisdom on particular topics, including sexual violence and ethnicity. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharting the key contours of the criminological enterprise on the island of Ireland and placing the Irish material in the context of the wider European and international literature, this book is essential reading for those involved in the study of Irish criminology and international and comparative criminal justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deirdre Healy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 036758171X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367581718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 6.85w x 1.27d","brand":"Deirdre Healy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149487993087,"sku":"9780367581718","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a9f6de7-cc79-4bf3-b03c-72480810fe2d.jpg?v=1688456992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-routledge-handbook-of-irish-deirdre-healy-9780367581718","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}