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Criminal Justice Matters Volume 72, 2008 - Issue 1: Special Focus on Influencing Policy
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THEMED SECTION: INFLUENCING POLICY

On the relationship between criminological research and criminal justice policy

Martin O'Brien considers whether criminal justice policy is too important to be left to criminologists

Dr Martin O'BrienView further author information
Pages 14-16 | Published online: 07 Apr 2011
 
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Abstract

The central myth about the state of crime is that crime per se exists as a meaningful social entity. (McClintock, 1974:40)

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Martin O'Brien

Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Central Lancashire

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