Contemporary criminology and criminal justice theory
Subtitle: evaluating justice systems in capitalist societies
By: Geoffrey R. Skoll.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: theories of justice in late capitalism; title: History of criminal justice theory; title: The nature of theory; title: The nature of law, order, crime, and criminal justice; title: "Liberation" criminal justice: critical & radical theories; title: The rule of law and the ruling class; title: Roots of reaction; title: Theories in other places: Europeans and others; title: Frameworks for new theories: chaos and world systems; title: An iconic theory of criminal justice.