1st Edition

Critical Criminology (Routledge Revivals)

Edited By Ian Taylor, Paul Walton, Jock Young Copyright 1975
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1975, this collection of essays expands upon the themes and ideas developed in the editors’ previous work, the visionary and groundbreaking text: The New Criminology. Directed at orthodox criminology, this is a partisan work written by a group of criminologists committed to a social transformation: a transformation to a society that does not criminalize deviance. Included... Read more

1. Critical Criminology in Britain: Review and Prospects Ian Taylor, Paul Walton and Jock Young  2. Working-Class Criminology Jock Young  3. Prospects for a Radical Criminology in the USA Tony Platt  4. Defenders of Order or Guardians of Human Rights? Hermann and Julia Schwendinger  5. Misfit Sociology and the Politics of Socialization Geoff Pearson  6. The Political Economy of Crime: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and the USA William J. Chambliss  7. Crime Control in Capitalist Society: A Critical Philosophy of Legal Order Richard Quinney  8. Marx and Engels on Law, Crime and Morality Paul Q. Hirst  9. Radical Deviancy Theory and Marxism: A Reply to Paul Q. Hirst’s ‘Marx and Engels on Law, Crime and Morality’ Ian Taylor and Paul Walton  10. Radical Deviancy Theory and Marxism: A Reply to Taylor and Walton Paul Q. Hirst

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Ian Taylor, Paul Walton, Jock Young