Critique of the Legal Order: Crime Control in Capitalist Society

by Randall G. Shelden and Richard Quinney

Originally published thirty years ago, Critique of the Legal Order remains highly relevant for the twenty-first century. Here Richard Quinney provides a critical look at the legal order in capitalist society. Using a traditional Marxist perspective, he argues that the legal order is not intended to reduce crime and suffering, but to maintain class differences and a social order that mainly benefits the ruling class. Quinney challenges modern criminologists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138521582
• ISBN13: 9781138521582
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"