Criminology and Social Theory

ISBN-13: 9780198299424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 240 str.

David Garland; Richard Sparks

Opis

In this unique collection of essays, a diverse group of distinguished social theorists reflect upon the intellectual challenges and opportunities presented to criminology by recent transformations in the social and intellectual landscapes of contemporary societies. As each essay in its different way reveals, crime and punishment have ceased to be topics that can be contained within the bounds of any specialized discipline. Crime and punishment now play such integral roles in the politics of contemporary societies, are so densely entangled with our daily routines, so deeply lodged in our emotional lives, so vividly represented in our cultural imagination, that they easily escape any analytical box, however capacious, that criminology may develop for their containment.

Recenzje

A tidy and very well priced volume giving access to overarching themes and issues in criminology.

O autorze

David Garland is Professor of Law at New York University and Richard Sparks is Professor of Law at Keele University