Advancing Critical Criminology constitutes a timely addition to the growing body of knowledge on critical criminology scholarship. DeKeseredy and Perry have assembled a volume that provides scholars with an in-depth review of the extant literature on several major branches of criminology as well as examples of how critical criminologists apply their theoretical perspectives to substantive topics, such as drugs, interpersonal violence, and rural crime.
Provides scholars with an in-depth review of the extant literature on several major branches of criminology, as well as examples of how critical criminologists apply their theoretical perspectives to substantive topics, such as drugs, interpersonal violence, and rural crime.
Part 1 Overviews of Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 2 Left Realism Revisited Chapter 3 Transgressing Boundaries: Feminist Perspectives in Criminology Chapter 4 Cultural Criminology: A Decade and Counting of Criminological Chaos Chapter 5 Emotionality, Rationality, and Restorative Justice Chapter 6 The New Penology in a Critical Context Part 7 Applications of Theory Chapter 8 A Critical Perspective on Violence Chapter 9 Missing Pieces: The Paucity of Hate Crime Scholarship Chapter 10 Women and Drugs: A Feminist Perspective Chapter 11 Rural Crime, Poverty, and Community Chapter 12 Towards a Critical Penology of the Mentally Ill Offender: On Law, Ideology, and the Logic of "Competency" Chapter 13 Constitutive Rhetoric and Constitutive Criminology: The Significance of The Virtual Corpse