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The underlying theme of the book is that a qualitative change has taken place in the politics of crime control in the UK since the early 1990s. It provides an overview of recent government initiatives in the field of crime and punishment, reviewing both the policies themselves, the perceived problems and issues they seek to address, and the broader social and political context in which this is taking place.

This book provides an overview of recent government initiatives in the field of crime and punishment, reviewing both the policies themselves, the perceived problems and issues they seek to address, and the broader social and political context in which this is taking place. The underlying theme of the book is that a qualitative change has taken place in the politics of crime control in the UK since the early 1990s. Although crime has stabilised, imprisonment rates continue to climb, there is a new mood of punitiveness, and crime has become a central policy issue for the government, no longer ju

En el presente artículo, los autores abordan algunas de las características principales de la criminología cultural, una perspectiva que ha tenido un notable desarrollo en los últimos años. En particular, definen la necesidad un nuevo enfoque «cultural» en la criminología contemporánea, en el marco de la Modernidad Tardía, que nos obliga a replantearnos tanto su objeto como su método de investigación. Esta propuesta, que se define como novedosa, busca trazar su genealogía en enfoques como el «naturalismo» de Matza, la fenomenología radical de Becker o la perspectiva crítica de la National Deviancy Conference, entre otros. De esta forma, los autores plantean la necesidad de disputar el campo criminológico con aquellas «criminologías» quedenominan «positivistas», «neoliberales» o «académicas». Por último, esbozan algunos ejemplos de este «nuevo/viejo» enfoque para la criminología.

This article examines a phenomenon of our times: the decline in crime and the rise in concern with anti-social behaviour. We will examine both the evidence for and the causes of this shift, focusing on England and Wales and the USA.