![]() | Critical Criminology Today: Counter-Hegemonic Essays Subjects: Health and Social Care; Law; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Criminology - Law; Socio-Legal Studies; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Social Work and Social Policy; Military & Strategic Studies; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Political Behavior and Participation; Sociology & Social Policy; Social Justice; Crime and Society; Crime Control - Criminology; Punishment and Penalty; Theoretical Criminology; Terrorism; War & Conflict Studies; Social Movements; Law & Society; Political Sociology; Social Theory; Crime Control; Criminal Justice; Theories of Crime; Violent Crime; White Collar Crime; Sentencing and Punishment; Forms of Crime; Security Studies - Military & Strategic; Social Policy; What survives of the notions, principles and values of critical criminology? Faced with contexts that could not be more dramatically different to those fostering critical approaches to crime and its control, what is left of the radical theories and practical initiatives that characterized it in the 1970s? This book argues that critical criminology today can be reimagined if new concepts are elaborated, which bring academic efforts close to the practices of social movements. Building on an original collection of anti-hegemonic essays focused on specific criminological areas, including femicide, organized crime, drug use, punishment, state-corporate terrorism and financial crime, this book identifies the radical potential inherent in the choice of areas, topics and variables that critical criminologists can address today. In discussing concepts of distance, power, mercy and troublemaking, this book considers the relationship between critical criminology, social justice and activism. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to all those engaged with critical criminology, sociology and cultural studies. Vincenzo Ruggiero is Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University in London. He has conducted research for many national and international agencies, including the European Commission and the United Nations. Since 2010, he has published the following single-authored books: Penal Abolitionism (2010), The Crimes of the Economy (2013), Power and Crime (2015), Dirty Money (2017) and Visions of Political Violence (2020). In 2016, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Criminology for his contribution to Critical Criminology. |
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