The Futures of Criminology

In The Futures of Criminology, a distinguished set of international criminologists present a critical survey of the theoretical accomplishments of the field, and their viability for the future. With proposals to change ways of analyzing current developments in crime and crime control, the discussions are both wide-ranging in scope and fundamental to the reexamination of criminology. The authors discuss the limits of criminology′s ability to be reflexive, the reasons for criminology′s fragmentation, the encounter between criminology and postmodernism, the emergence of actuarial justice, and the insights to be gained from comparative criminology. This ground-breaking book will be compulsive reading for students, teachers and researchers in criminology, sociology of law, and sociology, as well as for all those concerned with the intellectual respectability of criminology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803987153
• ISBN13: 9780803987159
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"