Controversies in Critical Criminology, 1st Edition

Key Features

• A product of the Division on Critical Criminology of the American Society of Criminology, the book is designed to introduce the reader to an important segment of criminology theory.
• Discussion questions at the end of each chapter provoke thought, discusson and review.

Description

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.

Controversies in Critical Criminology, 1st Edition

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