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An alternative theory of criminal opportunity is proposed in this book. The authors examine and develop the theory of criminal opportunity by addressing focal areas involving theory, methodology, empirical research and policy.

This is a masterful effort to recognize and place the prison and asylums in their social contexts

Here, Rothman explores the origins and consequences of the programmes that have dominated criminal justice, juvenile justice and mental health in the past century. He also casts new light on the modern effort to reform the asylum and devise alternatives to it.

Conscience and Convenience was quickly recognized for its masterly depiction and interpretation of a major period of reform history