Beyond Criminology
Subtitle: Taking Harm Seriously
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781552661482
Subjects: Criminal Law - General; Criminology; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Sociology
First sentence: A number of years ago, at the annual conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, a long-standing debate within and around criminology (re)emerged as a dominant theme of discussions outside the formal sessions - namely, what is the theoretical rationale and political utility of retaining a commitment to the analysis of crime, (criminal) law and the criminal justice system?