Hughes, G. (2007). The politics of crime and community. Basingstoke and New York, Palgrave Macmillan.
This book offers a comparative perspective to the understanding of local community governance of crime and safety, focusing on the UK and its multiple localities. Drawing on a range of comparative empirical research, this book provides an introduction to contemporary theories of comparative criminology of crime control and community safety, a critical review of policies and practices in crime and community, and opens up new normative and political challenges associated with this area of policy and politics. The book makes the case for a critical realist criminology that critically engages with public and populist debates and draws on theoretically-informed empirical research.