realist criminology
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criminology — Most literally, the study of crime , its perpetrators, and its causes; and, relatedly, an interest in its prevention, and in the deterrence, treatment, and punishment of offenders (see, Criminology, 2nd edn., 1992). Approaches and theoretical… … Dictionary of sociology
criminology, critical — Also termed radical criminology, this perspective emerged in the early 1970s, as an explicitly politicized body of work. Drawing on varieties of Marxism (and in some cases anarchism ), it adopted a conflict perspective and placed emphasis upon… … Dictionary of sociology
criminology, realist — Sometimes also termed ‘Left Realism’, realist criminology emerged in the mid 1980s, in the work of Jock Young and others in Britain (see, for example, the special issue of Contemporary Crises, 1988). Its proponents emphasize social causes of… … Dictionary of sociology
Feminist school of criminology — The Feminist School of criminology developed in the late 1960s and into the 1970s as a reaction against the gender distortions and stereotyping within traditional criminology. It was closely associated with the emergence of the Second Wave of… … Wikipedia
List of criminology topics — This is a list of terms and topics related to criminology and law enforcement. A acquittal actual bodily harm addiction age of consent age of criminal responsibility aging offender allocute alloplastic adaptation American Academy of Forensic… … Wikipedia
РЕАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ КРИМИНОЛОГИЯ — (REALIST CRIMINOLOGY) Направление в британской криминологии, появившееся в 1980 е гг., иногда его называют также «левым реализмом». Преступность в рамках этого направления объясняется с точки зрения социальной депривации и неравенства, поэтому… … Социологический словарь
Left realism — Left Realist Criminology emerged out of Critical Criminology as a reaction against what was perceived to be the Left s failure to take a practical interest in everyday crime, leaving it to the Right Realists to monopolise the political agenda on… … Wikipedia
Jock Young — is a sociologist and criminologist.He began teaching at Enfield College of Technology.He was a member of the National Deviancy Conference in the late 1960 s and 1970s [Hopkins Burke, R. (2001) An Introduction to Criminological Theory , Cullompton … Wikipedia
Roger Matthews — is a British criminologist. He is currently Professor of Criminology at London South Bank University.Matthews is one of the key figures in left realism, a criminological critique of both the dominant administrative criminology and the left… … Wikipedia
John Lea — is a left realist criminologist based at the Crime and Conflict Research Centre, Middlesex University.He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London with a BSc in Economics in 1967, before gaining MSc … Wikipedia
