Critical Criminology (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

 
9780415519939: Critical Criminology (Routledge Revivals)
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ISBN 10: 0415519934 ISBN 13: 9780415519939
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

First published in 1975, this collection of essays expands upon the themes and ideas developed in the editors’ previous work, the visionary and groundbreaking text: The New Criminology.

Directed at orthodox criminology, this is a partisan work written by a group of criminologists committed to a social transformation: a transformation to a society that does not criminalize deviance. Included are American contributions, particularly from the School of Criminology at Berkeley, represented by Hermann and Julia Schwendinger and Tony Platt, together with essays by Richard Quinney and William Chambliss. From Britain, Geoff Pearson considers deviancy theory as ‘misfit sociology’ and Paul Hirst attacks deviancy theory from an Althusserian Marxist position. The editors contribute a detailed introductory essay extending the position developed in The New Criminology, and two other pieces which attempt to continue the task of translating criminology from its traditional correctionalist stance to a commitment to socialist diversity and a crime-free set of social arrangements.

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Ian Taylor, Paul Walton, Jock Young

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415519934
ISBN 13 
9780415519939
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
300
Editor
Taylor Ian, Walton Paul, Young Jock

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