Criminology and Social Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198299424)

In this unique collection of essays, a diverse group of distinguished social theorists reflect upon the intellectual challenges and opportunities presented to criminology by recent transformations in the social and intellectual landscapes of contemporary societies. As each essay in its different way reveals, crime and punishment have ceased to be topics that can be contained within the bounds of any specialized discipline. Crime and punishment now play such integral roles in the politics of contemporary societies, are so densely entangled with our daily routines, so deeply lodged in our emotional lives, so vividly represented in our cultural imagination, that they easily escape any analytical box, however capacious, that criminology may develop for their containment.

Author: David Garland
ISBN-10: 0198299427
ISBN-13: 9780198299424
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/19/2000
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d