The Culture of Control

The Culture of Control charts the dramatic changes in crime control and criminal justice that have occurred in Britain and America over the last 25 years. It explains these transformations by showing how the social organization of late modern society has prompted a series of political and cultural adaptations that alter how governments and citizens think and act in relation to crime. The book presents an original and in-depth analysis of contemporary crime control,
revealing its underlying logics and rationalities, and identifying the social relations and cultural sensibilities that have produced this new culture of control.

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Legal and Criminological Psychology There is a tremendous readability and clarity about The Culture of Control that almost disguises the mass of learning and information in the book. In fact, it is difficult to know which feature is to be admired more: the extraordinary sophistication, the integration of so many different approaches and disciplines, the snappy writing, or the lucid ordering of the argument. There is compelling realism about Garland's work. Much of it rings true, although some may find the
reading of recent social history rather left wing. Against the backdrop of the new, dispiriting, CJS White Paper, here is a prophet for our times.

Robert Reiner, The Times Literary Supplement Garland's book is more than just an important contribution to criminology. It is also a major work of social analysis, which deserves to be read more widely ... his account of changes in crime control also provides one of the clearest and most convincing characterizations of contemporary society in general.

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1: A History of the Present; 2: Modern Criminal Justice and the Penal-Welfare State; 3: The Crisis of Penal Modernism; 4: Social Change and Social Order in Late Modernity; 5: Policy Predicament: Adaptation, Denial and Acting Out; 6: Crime Complex: The Culture of High Crime Societies; 7: The New Culture of Crime Control; 8: Crime Control and Social Order.

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