Crime and the criminal justice system
This is an assessment of the causes of crime and an examination of the problems associated with its measurement. The response of the state to crime is thoroughly evaluated in a detailed account of the workings of the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Delinquency in Girls
Relatively little has been written on this subject and the important book &dquo;Delinquency in Girl,r&dquo; by John Cowie, Valerie Cowie and Eliot Slater, (Heinemann, London, i ~68, pp. z2o, 5 os.) contains much original thought and research, in addition to a pains-taking review of the relevant literature. Unfortunately, shortage of space allows to discuss only some of the many stimulating points made by the authors. They rightly state that since society has to care for the maladjusted, it should have a say in the upbringing of children likely to grow up maladjusted, and that quite often strangers may bring up a child more successfully than her own mother. However, since there are not enough good people available, we must endow childcare with higher status and reward it with better pay in order to attract suitable persons. Moreover, the unrealistically high standards of adoption should be adjusted and the absurd situation corrected that, while many children are in dire need of adoptive care, many would-be adopters are rejected for irrelevant reasons. Not more
The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice ten years on: Successes and future challenges under the Stockholm Programme. CEPS Paperbacks. June 2010
This book celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) by bringing together the views of key practitioners and policy-makers who have played an outstanding role in thinking about and shaping EU policies on freedom, security and justice. 
 
Ten years ago, the member states transferred competences to the EU for law and policy-making in the fields of immigration, asylum and border controls, and began the transfer process for criminal justice and policing. This decade of European cooperation on AFSJ policies has experienced very dynamic convergence, the enactment of a large body of European law and the setting-up of numerous EU agencies working in these domains. Such dynamism in policy-making has not been without challenges and vulnerabilities, however. As this collective volume shows, the main dilemmas that lie ahead relate to an effective (while more plural) institutional framework under the Treaty of Lisbon, stronger judicial scrutiny through a greater role for national courts and the Court of Justice in Luxembourg, better mechanisms for evaluating and monitoring the implementation of EU AFSJ law and a more solid fundamental rights strategy. The contributions in this volume address the progress achieved so far in these policy areas, identify the challenges for future European cooperation in the AFSJ and put forward possible paths for making more progress in the next generation of the EU’s AFSJ.