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The Theoretical Foundations of Criminology

Place, Time and Context

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Buch | Softcover
382 Seiten
2019
Prentice-Hall (Verlag)
978-0-13-196010-7 (ISBN)
CHF 1,40 inkl. MwSt
To confront the challenges criminologists face today and to satisfactorily critique the theories on which criminology is founded, we need to learn from the past. To do this we must give context to both theorist and theory. Written from a critical perspective, this book brings criminological theory to life. It presents the core theories of criminology as historical and cultural products and theorists as producers of culture located in particular places, writing in specific historical periods and situated in precise intellectual networks and philosophical controversies.


This book illustrates that theory does not arise 'out of the blue' and highlights the importance of understanding how and why ideas emerge at certain points in time, why they gained currency and the influence that they have had. It follows the trajectory of criminology from pre-Enlightenment society through to the present day and the proliferation of criminological thinking. It explores:








Setting the Stage for the Emergence of Criminology







Classicist Criminology: The Search for Justice, Equality and the Rational 'Man'







The Positivist Revolution, Physiognomy, Phrenology and the Science of 'Othering'







Chicago School of Sociology: An Explosion of Ideas







Developing a Sociological Criminology: Durkheim, Du Bois, Merton and Tannenbaum







Feminism: Redressing the Gender Imbalance







Confronting the Establishment: The Emergence of Critical Criminology







From Theoretical Innovations to Political Engagement








The Theoretical Foundations of Criminology provides an invaluable contribution to the growing conversation about criminology's 'origin story' and the level that this is grounded in the idiosyncrasies of the North Atlantic world and its historical development. This book will be invaluable reading to students and academics engaged in studies of criminology and criminal justice.

Jayne Mooney is an associate professor of sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a member of the doctoral faculties in sociology and women studies at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her focus of scholarship is on the history of crime and punishment, gender and crime, the sociology of violence, social deviance and critical criminology. She was previously on the criminology faculties of Middlesex University and the University of Kent at Canterbury in the UK.

Introduction; 1. Setting the Stage for the Emergence of Criminology; 2. Classicist Criminology: The Search for Justice, Equality and the Rational 'Man'; 3. The Positivist Revolution, Physiognomy, Phrenology and the Science of '; 4. Chicago School of Sociology: An Explosion of Ideas; 5. Developing a Sociological Criminology: Durkheim, Du Bois, Merton and Tannenbaum; 6. Feminism: Redressing the Gender Imbalance; 7. Confronting the Establishment: The Emergence of Critical Criminology; 8. From Theoretical Innovations to Political Engagement

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.12.2019
Zusatzinfo 20 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 562 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
ISBN-10 0-13-196010-5 / 0131960105
ISBN-13 978-0-13-196010-7 / 9780131960107
Zustand Neuware
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