Contemporary Criminological Theory: Crime and Criminal Behaviour in the Age of Moral Uncertainty

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction and structure of the book Introduction The structure of the book Summary of main points Discussion questions Further reading Part I From the modern to the postmodern condition 2 The rise and triumph of the modern Three philosophical epochs From the premodern to the modern The rise of modern society Crime and policing: from the premodern to the modern From golden age to fragmentation Policing fragmented modernity Crime in fragmented modernity Policing fragmented modernity revisited Summary of main points Discussion questions Further reading Notes 3 Explaining crime in the modern era The rational actor model The predestined actor model The victimized actor model Discussion and conclusion Summary of main points Discussion questions Further reading 4 The crisis of modernity An age of moral uncertainty The rise of neoliberalism The fragmentation of modernity Neoconservatism 'The third way': the rise and fall of 'New' Labour An assessment of 'New' Labour Policy implications of the crisis of modernity Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading Part II Crime and criminal behaviour in the era of fragmented modernity 5 Fragmentation of modernity and the postmodern condition The emergence of the postmodern Criminal justice and the postmodern condition Crime and the risk society The clash of civilizations An age of moral ambiguity: post-truth society Policy implications of the postmodern condition Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading 6 Constitutive criminology Introduction Jacques Lacan and constitutive criminology Chaos theory and constitutive criminology Constitutive criminology and the 'war on terror' Constitutive penology Policy implications of constitutive criminology Summary of main points Discussion questions Further reading 7 Anarchist criminology Peacemaking criminology The peacemaking pyramid paradigm Criticism of peacemaking criminology Restorative justice as an alternative to criminal justice Conclusion Anarchist criminology revisited Policy implications of anarchism and peacemaking criminology Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading 8 Cultural criminology The focus of cultural criminology Methods and applications Psychosocial criminology Deviant leisure Cultural criminology and the mass media The future of cultural criminology Policy implications of cultural criminology Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading Notes 9 Globalization and organized crime Globalization and neoliberalism The global criminal economy Organized crime in Europe and the UK Dance culture – the globalization of deviance Responding to organized crime in the UK Policy implications of globalization and organized crime Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading 10 Southern theory and criminology Introduction (Re)conceptualizing the south in criminology North/South and global convergence in the digital era Rethinking criminology from the global South Crimes outside the metropole: the many worlds of violence Gendered crime and victimization in the global south Penality, punishment and Southern criminology Policy implications of Southern theory Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading 11 Critical race theory Defining critical race theory Core themes Core theoretical framework The myths of US democracy Critical race criminology Hip-hop: from South Bronx to global footprint Sharing a parallel universe Conclusion Epilogue: from slavery to black lives matter Policy implications of critical race theory Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading 12 Terrorism and state violence Introduction Social science explanations of terrorism Contemporary criminological explanations of terrorism The war on terrorism State violence as state terrorism Terrorism and postmodernism revisited Policy implications of terrorism and state violence Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading 13 Gender, feminism and masculinity Introduction The historical development of feminism Perspectives in feminist theory Criminology and women Crime and masculinities Queer criminology Gender, feminism and masculinity revisited Policy implications of the gendered criminal Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading Note 14 Green and species criminology Introduction The case for a green criminology Animal rights From the beginning . . . a selective history Philosophical and legal approaches to animal rights (Il)legitimate cruelty to animals Policy implications of green and species criminology Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading 15 Bio-critical criminology Introduction Biosocial theory The postmodern critique of science Bio-critical criminology Sociobiology revisited – recent sociobiological explanations of childhood delinquency Case study: ACE (adverse childhood experiences) The natural sciences revisited – do vaccines cause autism? Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading 16 Abolitionism and convict criminology Introduction Abolitionism Critical carceral studies New abolition meets criminology The lessons and experiences of the new abolitionists Convict criminology Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading Part III From the postmodern condition to a revitalized modernity 17 The rise of political populism Introduction Neoliberalism in crisis The global rise of populism Distrust of elites The alt-right Leaving Europe A deeply divided Britain Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading Notes 18 Risk, surveillance and social control Introduction The risk society revisited The surveillance society Universities, neoliberalism and new public management Punishing the poor Neoliberal penality Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading Notes 19 Ultra-realist criminology Introduction Criminological closure The influence of zemiology The influence of critical realism Transcendental materialism Ultra-realism revisited Eight critiques of ultra-realist crime causation theory Conclusion Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading Note 20 Radical moral communitarian criminology Introduction The mainstream communitarian agenda Radical egalitarian communitarianism The concept of community reconsidered The development of the concept of individualism in Western Europe The origins of Durkheim’s social theory Durkheim and social solidarity Durkheim and radical moral communitarianism Policy implications of radical moral communitarian criminology Conclusion Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading Notes 21 Conclusion: post-COVID-19 society The story so far . . . 100 Days that changed the world The experts are back in fashion COVID-19 conspiracy theories A turning point in history Bad guys being bad Pandemic crime opportunities Neoliberalism revisited Concluding comments Summary of main points Discussion questions Suggested further reading Notes Index