Download or read book Criminology and Criminal Policy Movements written by Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These studies recover the historical roots of thinking that are in conflict with, and critical of, present-day tendencies. Criminological theory over the last few decades has oscillated between extremes: on one side there are calls for increasing the state exercise of punitive power as the only means of providing security, in the face of both urban and international rime; while the other side highlights the need for reducing the exercise of punitive power because of the paradoxical effects that it produces. Useful for academics, practitioners, professionals and students, this book will certainly contribute to a wider awareness in crime prevention and criminal justice.