Justice, Community Civil Society: A Contested Terrain (Electronic book text)

Disquiet about the relationship between criminal justice and its publics has increased over the last decade, and this book is concerned to delve further into this contested area. It reveals how the need to innovate in response to local demandsd has resulted in very different initiatives across Europe, and also highlightsthe variation inintrinsic cultural attitudes to criminal justicebetweencountries.