Contemporary Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory [electronic resource] : Evaluating Justice Systems in Capitalist Societies /
Skoll, G.author.
This book casts a critical eye on scholarship in the field of criminal justice, and offers some new orientations to help develop explanations for twenty-first century criminology and criminal justice studies.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: theories of justice in late capitalism -- History of criminal justice theory -- The nature of theory -- The nature of law, order, crime, and criminal justice -- "Liberation" criminal justice: critical and radical theories -- The rule of law and the ruling class -- Roots of reaction -- Theories in other places: Europeans and others -- Frameworks for new theories: chaos and world systems -- An iconic theory of criminal justice.
This book casts a critical eye on scholarship in the field of criminal justice, and offers some new orientations to help develop explanations for twenty-first century criminology and criminal justice studies.
Criminology.
Political science.
Sociology.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Philosophy of Law.
Sociology, general.