Realist criminology
By: Roger Matthews
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137445698
Subjects: Criminology; Critical realism; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology
Description: "Criminology has expanded significantly as an academic discipline, but it has been argued that it is becoming increasingly socially and politically irrelevant. This books aims to address this problem by rethinking the theoretical underpinnings and research methods we use, to form a criminology that is critical, engaged and useful. The left realist approach to criminology has changed considerably over the past twenty years and continues to make an important contribution to the theoretical study of crime, as well as issues such as crime prevention, policing, prisons, and community safety. As one of the pioneers of realist criminology, Roger Matthews presents a coherent overview of its development and continued relevance.  By providing a critique of some of the dominant approaches in criminology, this book sets a new agenda for theoretical and practical engagement and will appeal to all those interested in making sense of contemporary forms of social control and developing types of analysis and intervention which are designed to produce a more effective and just criminal justice system.  "--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Author Preface1. The Successes and Failures of Modern Criminology2. A Framework of Analysis3. The Problem of Method4. Rational Choice, Routine Activities and Situational Crime Prevention5. From Cultural Criminology to Cultural Realism6. The Myth of Punitiveness Revisited7. Governing the PresentEpilogue: For a Public Criminology.