TIM NEWBURN is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He is the author, co-author and editor of over forty books on topics covering youth crime, riots, policing and society, including Criminology and Policing. His writing has been published in The Times, Guardian, Independent and New Statesman, he has been interviewed on TV for Newsnight and Panorama and has featured on Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Moral Maze, among many others. He lives and works in London. ANDREW WARD was a freelance writer who has thirty books to his name. He worked as a statistician and researcher in commerce, industry and higher education. He died in 2022.

A cheerful and easy read, balancing German sociologists with amusing stories, on a topic that tells us much more about how the world has changed than many more high-falutin' political tomes.

TIM NEWBURN is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He is the author, co-author and editor of over forty books on topics covering youth crime, riots, policing and society, including Criminology and Policing. His writing has been published in The Times, Guardian, Independent and New Statesman, he has been interviewed on TV for Newsnight and Panorama and has featured on Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Moral Maze, among many others. He lives and works in London. ANDREW WARD was a freelance writer who has thirty books to his name. He worked as a statistician and researcher in commerce, industry and higher education. He died in 2022.

A cheerful and easy read, balancing German sociologists with amusing stories, on a topic that tells us much more about how the world has changed than many more high-falutin' political tomes.

TIM NEWBURN is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He is the author, co-author and editor of over forty books on topics covering youth crime, riots, policing and society, including Criminology and Policing. His writing has been published in The Times, Guardian, Independent and New Statesman, he has been interviewed on TV for Newsnight and Panorama and has featured on Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Moral Maze, among many others. He lives and works in London. ANDREW WARD was a freelance writer who has thirty books to his name. He worked as a statistician and researcher in commerce, industry and higher education. He died in 2022.

A cheerful and easy read, balancing German sociologists with amusing stories, on a topic that tells us much more about how the world has changed than many more high-falutin' political tomes.