The Criminology of Criminal Law

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Routledge, Jul 5, 2017 - Law - 557 pages
The Criminology of Criminal Law considers the relation between criminal law and theories of crime, criminality and justice. This book discusses a wide range of topics, including: the way in which white-collar crime is defined; new perspectives on stranger violence; the reasons why criminologists have neglected the study of genocide; the idea of boundary crossing in the control of deviance; the relation between punishment and social solidarity; the connection between the notion of justice and modern sentencing theory; the social reaction to treason; and the association between politics and punitiveness. Contributors include Bonnie Berry, Don Gottfredson, David F. Greenberg, Marc Riedel, Jason Rourke, Kip Schlegel, Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi, Leslie T. Wilkins, Marvin E. Wolfgang, and Richard A. Wright. The Criminology of Criminal Law concludes with an analysis of the results of a study on the most cited scholars in the Advances in Criminological Theory series. This work will be beneficial to criminologists, sociologists, and scholars of legal studies. Advances in Criminological Theory is the first series exclusively dedicated to the dissemination of original work on criminological theory. It was created to overcome the neglect of theory construction and validation in existing criminological publications.
 

Contents

Science versus
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A Perspective on Stranger Violence
29
The Forgotten Criminology of Genocide
71
A Critique
107
A Review
135
An Assessment of Wolfgangs conceptualization
171
Sentencing Disparity and Sentencing Guidelines
199
Punishment Policy and Commensurate Complexity
233
Unpopular Views on Sentencing Theory
247
Essex County Court 19761977
258
Punishment Division of Labor and Social Solidarity
283
A Reminder of the Importance
363
Boundary Crossings
409
Justifiable Homicide by Civilians
463
The MostCited Scholars and Works in Criminological Theory
493
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