Critical Criminological Perspectives

Walters, R. (Ed), Drake, D. H. (Ed)

The Palgrave Critical Criminological Perspectives book series aims to showcase the importance of critical criminological thinking when examining problems of crime, social harm and criminal and social justice. Critical perspectives have been instrumental in creating new research agendas and areas of criminological interest. By challenging state defined concepts of crime and rejecting positive analyses of criminality, critical criminological approaches continually push the boundaries and scope of criminology, creating new areas of focus and developing new ways of thinking about, and responding to, issues of social concern at local, national and global levels. Recent years have witnessed a flourishing of critical criminological narratives and this series seeks to capture the original and innovative ways that these discourses are engaging with contemporary issues of crime and justice.

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Craftivism and Yarn Bombing Book

Craftivism and Yarn Bombing

McGovern, A. (2019)

This book explores the use of handmade crafts as a vehicle for protest. Craftivism has experienced a resurgence in recent years, often in direct response to the social, …

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Rights and Wrongs Book

Rights and Wrongs

Heffernan, W. C. (2019)

This book seeks to explain why the concept of justice is critical to the study of criminal justice. Heffernan makes such a case by treating state-sponsored punishment as the …

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Desisting Sisters Book

Desisting Sisters

Barr, Ú. (2019)

This book provides an important, critical, feminist perspective on desistance theory and practice. It is built around 23 original, narrative interviews with women and the staff of …

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The Politics and Practice of Occupational Health and Safety Law Enforcement Book

The Politics and Practice of Occupational Health and Safety Law Enforcement

Canciani, D. (2019)

This book takes a critical approach to examining British and Italian occupational health and safety enforcement policies and questions the legal and political principles that …

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Public Confidence in Criminal Justice Book

Public Confidence in Criminal Justice

Turner, E. R. (2018)

In this book, Liz Turner argues that survey methods have gained an unwarranted and unhealthy level of dominance when it comes to understanding how the public views the criminal …

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Zemiology Book

Zemiology

Boukli, A. (Ed), Kotzé, J. (Ed) (2018)

This book challenges the given dichotomies between crime and harm, and criminology and zemiology. The main aim of the volume is to highlight the inexorable interconnectedness …

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Ignorance, Power and Harm Book

Ignorance, Power and Harm

Barton, A. (Ed), Davis, H. (Ed) (2018)

This book discusses the concept of 'agnosis' and its significance for criminology through a series of case studies, contributing to the expansion of the criminological …

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Water, Crime and Security in the Twenty-First Century Book

Water, Crime and Security in the Twenty-First Century

Brisman, A., McClanahan, B., South, N., Walters, R. (2018)

Water, Crime and Security in the Twenty-First Century represents criminology’s first book-length contribution to the study of water and water-related crimes, harms and security. …

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Re-Examining The Crime Drop Book

Re-Examining The Crime Drop

Farrall, S. (2017)

The crime drop is one of the most important puzzles in contemporary criminology: since the early-1990s many countries appear to exhibit a pronounced decline in crime rates. While …

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From Mafia to Organised Crime Book

From Mafia to Organised Crime

Sergi, A. (2017)

This book presents primary research conducted in Italy, USA, Australia and the UK on countering strategies and institutional perceptions of Italian mafias and local organized …

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Deaths After Police Contact Book

Deaths After Police Contact

Baker, D. (2016)

This book investigates death after police contact in England and Wales in the twenty-first century. It examines how regulatory bodies construct accountability in such cases. Cases …

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Killing on Command Book

Killing on Command

O'Sullivan, C. (2016)

This book explores the unique social and environmental factors which influence soldiers to commit war crimes. With a focus on decision-making processes, this monograph provides a …

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Criminology and Queer Theory Book

Criminology and Queer Theory

Ball, M. (2016)

This book offers critical reflections on the intersections between criminology and queer scholarship, and charts future directions for this field. Since their development over …

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States of Violence and the Civilising Process Book

States of Violence and the Civilising Process

Watts, R. (2016)

This book offers a distinctive and novel approach to state-sponsored violence, one of the major problems facing humanity in the previous and now the twenty-first century. It …

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Green Harms and Crimes Book

Green Harms and Crimes

Sollund, R. (Ed) (2015)

The book presents discussions of the application of Stan Cohen's theories alongside empirical contributions in the fields of critical and green criminology. Taken together, the …

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Vandalism and Anti-Social Behaviour Book

Vandalism and Anti-Social Behaviour

Long, M., Hopkins Burke, R. (2015)

Vandalism and Anti-Social Behaviour forwards a new typology of vandalism. The authors argue that in order to fully understand vandalism and anti-social behaviour, a culturally …

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Invisible Crimes and Social Harms Book

Invisible Crimes and Social Harms

Davies, P. (Ed), Francis, P. (Ed), Wyatt, T. (Ed) (2014)

This unique collection explores the continuing invisibility of much crime and victimization, and the lack of adequate responses to them. Shaping the lens through which criminology …

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The Death and Resurrection of Deviance Book

The Death and Resurrection of Deviance

Dellwing, M. (Ed), Kotarba, J. (Ed), Pino, N. (Ed) (2014)

Are reports of the 'death of deviance' premature? This collection brings together leading international scholars to analyse uses of the 'deviance' concept to argue its vitality …

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Media Representations of Police and Crime Book

Media Representations of Police and Crime

Colbran, M. (2014)

This unique book explores the social processes which shape fictional representations of police and crime in television dramas. Exploring ten leading British and European police …

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Making Sense of Evil Book

Making Sense of Evil

Dearey, M. (2014)

When it comes to crime, everyone seems to take evil seriously as an explanatory concept - except criminologists. This book asks why, and why not, through exploring a variety of …

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