How Do Criminologists Engage With Politics & Public Policy? This Book Is A Sociological Account Of How Criminologists Have Understood Their Craft, The Positions They Have Taken On The Controversies Of Their Day, And An Analysis Of The Dilemmas That Confront Those Who Work In The Field Today. The Condition Of Contemporary Criminology -- The Public Social Science Debate -- Criminology In A Hot Climate -- Cooling Devices -- Criminology As A Democratic Under-labourer. By Ian Loader And Richard Sparks. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.