Thinking About Criminology

List of contents

Thinking about criminology Facts are bits of biography, Paul Rock and Simon Holdaway; theorising - sotto voce, Clifford Shearing; making the invisible visible in criminology - a personal journey, Elizabeth A Stanko; translations and refutations - an analysis of changing perspectives in criminology, Frances Heidensohn; copping a plea, Robert Reiner; back to the future - the predictive value of social theories of delinquency, David Downes; roots of a perspective, Nils Christie; from criminology to anthropology? Identity, morality and normality in the social construction of deviance, Richard Jenkins; obitaries, opportunities and obsessions, Ken Pease; thinking about criminology - a reflection on theory within criminology, Simon Holdaway and Paul Rock.

About the author

Simon Holdaway is Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield. Paul Rock is Professor of Social Institutions, London School of Economics.

Summary

This text covers the social theory of crime, deviance and social order, drawing together the experiences of criminologists from the principal contemporary schools of thought.

Product details

• Assisted by: Simon Holdaway (Editor), Paul Rock (Editor), Rock Paul (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.1998
• EAN: 9781857283617
• ISBN: 978-1-85728-361-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Weight: 630 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology