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BOOK REVIEWS has been conceptualised and theorised by sociologists. The remaining chapters then look at the operation of social control in modern society in the three areas noted above. It will be evident, then, that Edwards has set herself a very ambitious task indeed which necessitates (1) making specific something as sociologically nebulous as "social control"; (2) mastery of a broad range of sociological theory; (3) wide ranging analysis of the legal, medical and social welfare areas. It is to her credit that, in my opinion, she goes some way towards achieving this. I think as well, that her thorough-going exegesis of research on the criminal justice system, for example, which incorporates much of the recent feminist literature as well as more "traditional" work on the role of the police, courts etc, is quite interesting. Having said this, though, I really do wonder if she set herself a task that was going to be impossible to achieve. The very breadth of the book meant that its focus was blurred, and that there were one or two significant absences in the area of this book with which I was most familiar, the criminal justice system. Her·flowchart of the system at
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE
Published: Dec 1, 1989
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