Not so tough on crime? Why weren't the Thatcher governments more radical in reforming the criminal justice system?

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 550-569

  Farrall, Stephen ^a   Hay, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime policies; Neo liberalism; Social and economic policies; Thatcherism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951085297     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq015     Document Type: Article

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