Respect and Criminal Justice - Clarendon Studies in Criminology (Hardback)

Gabrielle Watson argues that the real value and potential of respect as a critical and regulative ideal in criminal justice has been diminished by the tendency to construct it as a side-constraint on (dominant) instrumental concerns such as order, crime prevention, or control. This is an imaginative, sensitive, and finely-textured interpretation of the role that respect might play in a critical analysis of criminal justice. * Professor Nicola Lacey FBA CBE, London School of Economics *
Gabrielle Watson offers a refreshingly original and bold interdisciplinary analysis of respect in criminal justice settings. The novel paradigm she develops invites us to think creatively and critically about the intrinsic value of respect. She shows us how we might (re)design institutions based on this paradigm. This is work of outstanding quality; it will change the way researchers and policymakers view respect in criminal justice contexts. * Dr Justice Tankebe, University of Cambridge *