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Crime, Critique and Utopia
Malloch, Margaret; Munro, Bill
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Description for Crime, Critique and Utopia
Paperback. This book explores the relevance of utopia in relation to contemporary criminology. The range of contributors explore the application of a utopian method for uncovering the potential within criminology and criminal justice, as well as the relevance of the utopian impulse for developing a challenge to the status quo in academia and beyond. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JKV; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This book explores the relevance of utopia in relation to contemporary criminology. The range of contributors explore the application of a utopian method for uncovering the potential within criminology and criminal justice, as well as the relevance of the utopian impulse for developing a challenge to the status quo in academia and beyond.
This book explores the relevance of utopia in relation to contemporary criminology. The range of contributors explore the application of a utopian method for uncovering the potential within criminology and criminal justice, as well as the relevance of the utopian impulse for developing a challenge to the status quo in academia and beyond.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Series
Critical Criminological Perspectives
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349436132
SKU
V9781349436132
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Ref
99-15
About Malloch, Margaret; Munro, Bill
Sarah Armstrong, Glasgow University, UK Lynne Copson, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, UK Michael Löwy, CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research), France Mike Nellis, University of Strathclyde, UK Vincenzo Ruggiero, Middlesex University, UK David Scott, University of Central Lancashire, UK Loïc Wacquant, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Reviews for Crime, Critique and Utopia
"Crime, Critique, and Utopia offers a humanistic utopianism that pushes readers bravely to envision a different future through utopian blueprints, social movements, messianic hope, and the search for radical alternatives. Utopian imagination and praxis are gravely needed in an era of mass incarceration, systemic police violence and militarization, and rapidly increasing inequality. Criminologists should heed this book's highly relevant call ... Read more