Controversies in Critical Criminology

These original essays introduce students to the complex and influential field of critical criminology. It presents many of the theories of critical criminology - Marxist, Feminist, Left Realist, Postmodern, Constitutive, Peacemaking, and Restorative Justice - and explores how, despite their distinctions, each theory is rooted in radical criminology, and all are critical of mainstream criminology.

List of contents

1. Marxist Criminology 2. Feminist Criminology 3. Left Realism on Inner-City Violence 4. Postmodern Justice and Critical Criminology: Positional, Relational, and Provisional Science 5. Constitutive Criminology 6. Cultural Criminology 7. Peacemaking Criminology 8. Restorative Justice: A Paradigm of Possibility 9. Crimes of the State 10. Crime and Embodiment 11. Masculinities, Femininities and Homicide: Competing Explanations for Male Violence 12. Accounting for Hate Crime

About the author

Martin Schwartz, Suzanne E. Hatty

Summary

These original essays introduce students to the complex and influential field of critical criminology.

Product details

• Assisted by: Suzanne E Hatty (Editor), Suzanne E. Hatty (Editor), Hatty Suzanne E. (Editor), Martin Schwartz (Editor), Schwartz Martin (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2003
• EAN: 9781583605219
• ISBN: 978-1-58360-521-9
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology