Description
Book SynopsisFocusing on criminology scholarship, this volume provides scholars with a review of literature on several major branches of criminology as well as examples of how critical criminologists apply their theoretical perspectives to substantive topics, such as drugs, interpersonal violence, and rural crime.
Trade ReviewCritical criminology, so vital during an era of political backlash, is re-imagined in this wide ranging set of essays. Cutting edge issues from hate crime, mass incarceration and the new penology, and rural crime are presented along side of more established and important considerations such as the future of left realism some twenty years out and a critical perspective on the causes of violence. -- Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii at Manoa
...most helpful... * Community Corrections Report, February 2007 *
Advanced Critical Criminology shows that progressive thinking about crime is alive and well. Rich in scholarship and diverse in perspective, the selections illuminate how the criminal enterprise is intimately shaped by power, culture, and injustice. This volume is essential reading for scholars and their students not afraid to challenge conventional criminological assumptions and to envision crime and its control in fresh ways. -- Francis T. Cullen, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati
Table of ContentsPart 1 Overviews of Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 2 Left Realism Revisited Chapter 3 Transgressing Boundaries: Feminist Perspectives in Criminology Chapter 4 Cultural Criminology: A Decade and Counting of Criminological Chaos Chapter 5 Emotionality, Rationality, and Restorative Justice Chapter 6 The New Penology in a Critical Context Part 7 Applications of Theory Chapter 8 A Critical Perspective on Violence Chapter 9 Missing Pieces: The Paucity of Hate Crime Scholarship Chapter 10 Women and Drugs: A Feminist Perspective Chapter 11 Rural Crime, Poverty, and Community Chapter 12 Towards a Critical Penology of the Mentally Ill Offender: On Law, Ideology, and the Logic of "Competency" Chapter 13 Constitutive Rhetoric and Constitutive Criminology: The Significance of The Virtual Corpse
