Contemporary criminological theory : crime and criminal behaviour in the age of moral uncertainty / Roger Hopkins Burke.
By: Burke, Roger Hopkins [author.].
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BookPublisher: London : Routledge, 2021Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781351242073; 1351242075; 9781351242097; 1351242091; 9781351242066; 1351242067; 9781351242080; 1351242083.Subject(s): Criminology | Crime | Criminal behavior | SOCIAL SCIENCE / CriminologyDDC classification: 364.01 Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Summary: This book offers a critical introduction to trends and developments in contemporary criminological theory. Designed both as a companion to An Introduction to Criminological Theory - also by Roger Hopkins Burke and published by Routledge - and as a standalone advanced textbook, it develops themes introduced previously in more detail, incorporates new critical and radical concepts and explores cutting-edge advances in theory. Key topics include the following: Constitutive, anarchist, green and species, bio-critical, cultural, abolitionist and convict criminologies Globalization and organized crime Southern theory Critical race theory Terrorism and state violence Gender, feminism and masculinity Ultra-realism Radical moral communitarianismThese key issues are discussed in the context of debates about the fragmentation of modernity and the postmodern condition; the rise of political populism, risk, surveillance and social control, and speculation about living in post-COVID-19 society and the future of neoliberalism. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of criminology, sociology and politics and is essential reading for advanced students of criminology looking for a way to engage with contemporary themes and concepts in theory.
This book offers a critical introduction to trends and developments in contemporary criminological theory. Designed both as a companion to An Introduction to Criminological Theory - also by Roger Hopkins Burke and published by Routledge - and as a standalone advanced textbook, it develops themes introduced previously in more detail, incorporates new critical and radical concepts and explores cutting-edge advances in theory. Key topics include the following: Constitutive, anarchist, green and species, bio-critical, cultural, abolitionist and convict criminologies Globalization and organized crime Southern theory Critical race theory Terrorism and state violence Gender, feminism and masculinity Ultra-realism Radical moral communitarianismThese key issues are discussed in the context of debates about the fragmentation of modernity and the postmodern condition; the rise of political populism, risk, surveillance and social control, and speculation about living in post-COVID-19 society and the future of neoliberalism. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of criminology, sociology and politics and is essential reading for advanced students of criminology looking for a way to engage with contemporary themes and concepts in theory.
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