Maguire, Morgan & Reiner: The Oxford Handbook of Criminology 4e 
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Chapter 25
Readers who are interested in the broader sociological applications of the concept of governmentality are referred to the work of Nikolas Rose, in particular, Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought (Cambridge University Press, 1999). David Garland's 1997 paper, 'Governmentality and the Problem of Crime' (Theoretical Criminology, 1(2)) provides an extremely helpful application of these ideas to criminological thinking. The starting point for the 'new governance' literature in political science is Rod Rhodes' 1997 book, Understanding Governance: Policy Networks, Governance, Reflexivity and Accountability (Open University Press). A more recent discussion of governance and its implications for the study of government in contemporary Britain, is provided in Bevir and Rhodes's Interpreting British Governance (Routledge, 2003). The key text for criminologists interested in applying the idea of networked governance to the realm of policing and security is Johnston and Shearing's Governing Security (Routledge, 2003) which provides an extensive treatment of many of the themes covered by this chapter. These themes are further discussed and developed by leading supporters and critics of the nodal governance approach in the excellent edited collection by Jennifer Wood and Benoıˆ Dupont (2005), Democracy, Society and the Governance of Security (Cambridge University Press). To keep up to date with current thinking in these fields readers are advised to consult regularly the leading criminological journals, in particular Criminology and Criminal Justice, the British Journal of Criminology, Punishment and Society, Theoretical Criminology, and Policing and Society. In addition, it is clear that political scientists have important things to say about the subjects discussed in this chapter that are not always picked up upon by criminological audiences. Political science journals such as Governance and the British Journal of Political Science are extremely useful starting points for readers who are interested in applying some of the ideas and concepts of political studies to criminological subjects and vice versa.
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