This book comprises essays by six leading criminologists, which address the central issues of ideology, crime and criminal justice that were originally presented at a symposium held in honour of Sir Leon Radzinowicz in 2001.

Anthony Bottoms is Professor Emeritus of Criminology at the University of Sheffield, and was Wolfson Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University until 2006.

Sir Leon Radzinowicz: an appreciation. Recollections of Sir Leon Radzinowicz Part 1: Theory 1. Ideology and crime - a further chapter 2. Morality, crime, compliance and public policy Part 2: History 3. Gentlemen convicts, dynamitards and paramilitaries: the limits of criminal justice 4. The English police: a unique development? Part 3: Prisons 5. A 'liberal regime within a secure perimeter'?: dispersal prisons and penal practice in the late twentieth century Part 4: Policy 6. Criminology and penal policy: the vital role of empirical research. Sir Leon Radzinowicz: a bibliography