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What is criminology? / edited by Mary Bosworth and Carolyn Hoyle
- Published
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Physical Description
- xxxvi, 551 pages ; 26 cm
- Additional Creators
- Bosworth, Mary and Hoyle, Carolyn
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Prompting Debate, Bringing Scholars Together -- Who is Criminology? -- Structure -- Conclusion -- References -- pt. I Criminology and its Constituencies -- 1.Conceptual Allegiances: Whose Side are you on? -- 1.Criminology's Public Roles: A Drama in Six Acts / Richard Sparks -- Programme Notes: Criminology in a Hot Climate -- The Drama of Criminological Engagement -- Epilogue: The Value of Criminological Pluralism -- References -- 2.Some Advantages of a Crime-Free Criminology / Michael R. Gottfredson -- The Definition of Crime -- A Few Key Facts about Crime and Offending -- A Crime-Based Theory of Crime -- Behavioural-Based versus Legal-Based (Deterrence) Theories in Criminology -- Some Evidence about Deterrence and Policing on Crime -- The Future of Crime in Criminology -- References -- 3.Critical Criminology: The Renewal of Theory, Politics, and Practice / Eugene McLaughlin -- Where Were We? The Formation of Critical Criminology -- Where Are We Now? A Critical Criminology Orthodoxy -- Done and to be Done: Renewal in Bewildering Times -- References -- 4.Disciplinarity and Drift / Jeff Ferrell -- The Moral Validity of the Dominant Normative System -- Disciplinarity and Drift -- Cultural Criminology as Drift -- References -- 5.The Global Financial Crisis: Neo-Liberalism, Social Democracy, and Criminology / David Brown -- Introduction -- Global Financial Crisis -- Crisis, Criminology, and Contestation -- The Emergence of Neo-Liberalism as a Subject of Criminology -- Comparative Penological Analysis: Political Economy and Inequality -- Challenging the `Pathological Disciplinarities' and `Imaginary Penalities' of Neo-Liberal Managerialism -- Measurement, Audit, KPIs, and Risk -- `Imaginary Penalities' and `Pathological Disciplinarities' -- Conclusion -- The Boundaries of Criminology and Evangelism -- References -- 6.Against Evangelism in Academic Criminology: For Criminology as a Scientific Art / Pat Carlen -- The Terrain -- For Critical, Cultural, and Public Criminologies -- Against Evangelism in Critical, Cultural, and Public Criminologies -- Criminology as a Scientific Art -- References -- 2.Methodological Allegiances: How Should Criminology be Done? -- 7.Shake It Up, Baby: Practising Rock `n' Roll Criminology / Kathleen Daly -- Styles of Criminology -- Clarity -- Quality and Originality -- Near Data Research -- Pluralism and Juxtaposition -- Last Dance -- References -- 8.Criminology's Disney World: The Ethnographer's Ride of South African Criminal Justice / Monique Marks -- Introduction -- The Case for Ethnography and Case Studies -- Praxis Criminology---Engaging in Change Processes -- South-North Learnings -- References -- 9.Origins of Criminology / Nicole Rafter -- European and American Origins -- Key Themes in Nineteenth Century Criminology -- What was Criminology, and What will it Be? -- References -- 10.Have I Got News For You? Media, Research, & Popular Audiences / Linda G. Mills -- Secrets -- Guilty on the Inside -- Thin Ice -- Research and Relationships, Accuracy, and Audiences -- References -- 11.Sort Crimes, not Criminals / Marcus Felson -- Introduction -- Classification and Science -- Classification and Criminology -- Defining Crime -- A Natural Taxonomy of Crime -- Conclusion -- References -- 12.Studying Desistance from Crime: Where Quantitative Meets Qualitative Methods / Shawn Bushway -- Conclusion -- References -- 13.Criminology and the Role of Experimental Research / Mike Hough -- The Context -- Some Concerns -- Questions that are Too Simple for Experiment -- Questions that Demand Experiment -- Questions that are Too Complex for Experiment -- Where Should the Centre of Gravity of Policy-Focused Criminology Fall? -- Why this Methodological Debate is Important -- References -- 3.Political Allegiances: What is Criminology for? -- 14.Criminology and Social Justice: Expanding the Intellectual Commitment / Beth E. Richie -- Introduction -- The Conceptualization of Social Justice within the Context of Criminology -- Theories that Influence Normative Assumptions Regarding Criminology and Social Justice -- An Illustration of Social Justice Criminological Work -- Conclusion -- References -- 15.A New Look at Victim and Offender---An Abolitionist Approach / Ole Kristian Hjemdal -- Old News -- Various Approaches -- Abolitionism -- Victim and Offender -- Conclusions -- References -- 16.Remembering Criminology's `Forgotten Theme': Seeking Justice in US Crime Policy Using an Intersectional Approach / Amanda Burgess-Proctor -- Introduction -- Inequality, Crime, and Justice in Contemporary Criminology -- The Intersectional Approach -- The War on Drugs and the Mass Incarceration of Marginalized Women -- Applying Intersectionality: How Restrictive Ex-Offender Policies Disadvantage Marginalized Women and their Communities -- Conclusion: How Intersectional Criminology can Improve Justice for Marginalized Women and their Communities -- References -- 17.Postcolonial Perspectives for Criminology / Chris Cunneen -- Introduction -- Human Rights and State Crime -- The Postcolonial Critique of Positivism -- Rethinking Evidence: Non-Literate Societies and the Role of Art and Performance -- Identity and Healing -- Conclusion -- References -- pt. II Criminology and its Borders -- 1.The Limits of the Discipline: Where do we Draw the Line? -- 18.Putting Crime Back on the Criminological Agenda / Lucia Zedner -- Introduction -- Beyond Crime? -- The Criminalization Project -- Why Crime Matters -- Conclusion -- References -- 19.Transcending the Boundaries of Criminology: The Example of Richard Ericson / Kevin D. Haggerty -- Introduction -- Criminology as a Field of Knowledge Production -- Ericson's Contributions -- Transcending the Substantive Boundaries of Criminology -- Making Connections with Other Disciplines -- Contributions to Social Theory -- Conclusion -- References -- 20.Criminology's Place in the Academic Field / David Garland -- References -- 21.Why Can't Criminology Be More Like Medical Research?: Be Careful What You Wish For / Charles Barber -- The Medical Model Dream in Psychiatry -- Lessons for Criminology -- References -- 22.Criminal Justice, Not Criminology? / Andrew Ashworth -- The Role of the Criminal Law -- The Criminal Justice `System' -- Criminal Justice or Criminology? -- References -- 23.Criminology, Accountability, and International Justice / William A. Schabas -- References -- 2.The Limits of Geography: Does Criminology Travel? -- 24.Transnational Criminology and the Globalization of Harm Production / Ben Bowling -- Introduction -- Transnational, Comparative, and Global Criminology -- Criminal Iatrogenesis -- Mass Murder in Guyana -- Conclusion -- References -- 25.The Missing Link: Criminological Perspectives on Transitional Justice and International Crimes / Stephan Parmentier -- Introduction -- Transitional justice and international crimes: mapping the field -- Criminology `in a state of denial'? -- Opportunities for the Criminological Imagination -- Conclusions -- References -- 26.Why Compare Criminal Justice? / David Nelken -- The Goals of Comparative Criminal Justice -- Beyond Ethnocentrism and Relativism? -- References -- 27.Visions of Global Control: Cosmopolitan Aspirations in a World of Friction / Katja Franko Aas -- Assembling the Global: Criminology that Travels -- Exporting Justice: Penal Cosmopolitanism and its Discontents -- Criminology in a World of Friction -- Conclusion -- References -- 3.The Limits of the Academy: What is the Impact of Criminology? -- 28.Criminology as Invention / Lawrence W. Sherman -- What is Invention? -- Historical Examples of Inventions in Criminology -- Modern Science and Inventions in Criminology -- Conclusion -- References -- 29.Criminological Cliques: Narrowing Dialogues, Institutional Protectionism, and the Next Generation / Kelly Hannah-Moffat -- Narrowing Dialogues: Splintering and Specialization -- Criminological Knowledge and Institutional Protectionism -- The Next Generation of Criminology Education and Research -- Conclusions -- References -- 30.Official Criminology and the New Crime Sciences / Tim Hope -- Official Criminology -- The Problem of Causation for Official Criminology -- The Teleological Turn -- The Problem of Prediction -- The Problem of Selection -- Is Official Criminology a Science? -- Is Official Criminology Political? -- The Procurement of Truth -- References -- 31.Criminology: Science + Policy Analysis / Alfred Blumstein -- Introduction -- A Basic Model of Policy Analysis -- Criminal Careers -- Policy Analysis Using Information on Criminal Careers -- Policy Concern Stimulating Analysis -- Interaction of Science and Policy Analysis -- References -- 32.Criminology, Bureaucracy, and Unfinished Business / Ian O'Donnell -- Odd Decisions, Badly Made -- Rational-Legal Authority and Criminal Justice -- The Policy Process -- Making Choices in an Informational Vacuum -- Parish Pump Politics -- Inertia and Inconsistency as Intolerable Virtues -- Keeping Things Unfinished -- Conclusion -- References -- 33.Criminology and Government: Some Reflections on Recent Developments in England / Tim Newburn -- The Socio-Political Context -- Criminology and Criminological Research -- The Governmental Context -- The Home Office, Research, and Criminology -- The Future -- References -- 34.Being a Criminologist: Investigation as a Lifestyle and Living / Alison Liebling -- The Purpose of Research -- The Impact of Criminological Research -- Being a Human Being: Research in Practice -- Conclusion -- References -- Mapping the Borders of Criminology: Concluding Thoughts / Mary Bosworth -- Internal Borders -- External Borders -- Final Thoughts: Making Sense of Borders, Understanding Criminology -- References.
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- ISBN
- 9780199571826
0199571821 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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