Book reviewed in this article:After Entry Phones: Improving Management and Security in Multi‐Storey Blocks J. Bright, H. Maloney, G. Petterssen and J. Farr.Investigating Robbery M. BantonThe Dangerous and&he Endangered John P. Conrad.A History of English Criminal Law and its Administration from 1750. Vol. 5 The Emergence of Penal Policy Sir Leon Radzinowicz and R. G. Hood.Innovations in Policing Mollie Weatheritt.Response to SNOP: An Analysis of the Home Office Document, ‘Probation Service in England and Wales: Statement of National Objectives and Priorities’ and of the Subsequent Local Response C. Lloyd.The Jail, Managing the Underclass in American Society John Irwin.Growing Out of Crime A. Rutherford.Life‐Sentence PrisonersLosing the Fight Against Crime R. Kinsey, J. Lea and J. Young.Personal Violence R. Walmsley.Heavy Business: Commercial Burglary and Robbery D. Walsh.Investigating Burglary: The Measurement of Police Performance J. Burrows.Confronting Crime Roger Matthews and Jock Youn