An Introduction to Criminological Theory and the Problem of Causation

ISBN-13: 9783319837376 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 94 str.

Jason Warr

Spis treści

1.Introduction.- 2.The Problem.- 3. Humean Causation.- 4.Deviant Causal Chains, Refutations and Other Problems.- 5.Historical Examples.- 6.The Paradigm Drift.- 7. INUS Conditions.- 8.Consequences.- 9. Conclusion

O autorze

Jason Warr is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Lincoln, UK, with research interests in penology, sociology of power and the philosophy of science. He holds an HEA teaching fellowship and teaches across core modules in criminology, penology and research methods.

Blurb

This text offers a novel contribution to criminological theory by introducing the complex issues relating to the structuring and analysing of causation. Warr traces the paradigm shift, or drift, that has occurred

in the history of criminology and shows how the problem of causation has been a leading factor in these theoretical developments. This is an introductory text which presents both seasoned criminologists as well

as students with the interesting intersections between the fields of criminology and the philosophy of the social sciences.