This book analyses past and present British criminal justice policies and distils a set of three broad options for the future. Strategy A is the futile, expensive, and doomed quest to control crime by ever-increasing levels of harsh punishment. Strategy B is the managerial, bureaucratic approach which tries to achieve maximum efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Strategy C is the principled approach which seeks to protect the human rights of both offenders and victims by means such as rehabilitation, reintegration, and restorative justice.