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The Futures of Criminology

The Futures of Criminology

by ProfessorDavidNelken (Editor)

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    Paperback 1994

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Synopsis

Taking stock of exciting recent developments in criminology, this book sets it in the context of contemporary intellectual debates. Distinguished international criminologists present a critical survey of the theoretical accomplishments of the field and their viability for the future, with proposals to change ways of analyzing current developments in crime and crime control. The wide-ranging discussions are fundamental to the re-examination of criminology. They include the limits of criminology's ability to be reflexive; the reasons for criminology's fragmentation; the encounter between criminology and postmodernism; the emergence of actuarial justice; and the insights to be gained from comparative criminology.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 30 Aug 1994
ISBN 10: 0803987153
ISBN 13: 9780803987159

Media Reviews
`Its great merit is to make explicit the susceptibility of `criminological questions' to analysis in terms of a range of theoretical resources' - Nicola Lacey, Criminal Law Review

`Thought provoking.... Nelken sets the field by considering the range of theoretical sources on which criminology can draw and through which the discipline can achieve a better understanding of itself' - Vincenzo Ruggiero, British Journal of Criminology

`Nelken has the uncanny ability of posing the most fundamental and salient questions... the book should constitute compulsive reading for those interested in, and who value, the future of critical legal and criminological theory' - Adam Crawford, Legal Studies

`I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed reading it... this is exactly the kind of book that is needed to keep criminology alive. I am sure that it will attract a lot of attention and stimulate debate' - Willem de Haan, Utrecht University

`I believe that the high quality of this book is the result of the editor's temporary migration to continental Europe and, of course, of his choice of excellent contributors' - British Journal of Criminology

`Order, orders and ordering are recurrent issues in this diverse and exciting collection... the most invigorating contributions are not so much those which expressly ponder the futures of criminology ... as those which sketch outlines for new work.... Stan Cohen is exemplary here because he reminds us of the submerged connection between criminology and normative political theory. Wayne Morrison, in a very intellectual catholic and big-hearted essay, confronts the dilemmas of late modernity with a call for work both of rediscovery and of new instilling . Dario Melossi envisages a comparative political criminology which comprehends national differences in crime control as aspects of distinct settlement (and crises) in the relation between state and society. Finally, Nelken himself proposes an agenda for comparative criminology as a nuanced form of cultural interpretation attentive to difference.... The future of criminology, one is tempted to conclude, is only a matter of any importance because essays like these constitute it as a viable and vibrant activity' - Social and Legal Studies

Author Bio
David Nelken is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Sociology at the University of Macerata in Italy. He is also visiting Professor of Law (Criminology) at University College London where he was previously Reader in Law. His book The Limits of the Legal Process (Academic Press, 1983) gained an American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholar Award. He is general editor of the International Library of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Dartmouth) for whom he is editing a volume on White-Collar Crime. He will also shortly be publishing a book with N Passas on Controlling EC Fraud and for Pluto Press a book entitled Law's Truth. CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Nelken: Futures of Criminology Stanley Cohen Hebrew University Jerusalem Wayne Morrison Queen Mary and Westfield College, London Massimo Pavarini University of BolognaPeter Rush University of Lancaster Alison Young University of Lancaster