Contemporary criminology and criminal justice theory: evaluating justice systems in capitalist societies

This book casts a critical eye on scholarship in the field of criminal justice, and offers some new orientations to help develop explanations for twenty-first century criminology and criminal justice studies. INDICE: - Introduction: Theories of Justice in Late Capitalism - History of Criminal Justice Theory - The Nature of Theory - The Nature of Law, Order, Crime, and Criminal Justice - 'Liberation' Criminal Justice: Critical ; RadicalTheories - The Rule of Law and the Ruling Class - Roots of Reaction - Theories in Other Places: Europeans and Others - Frameworks for New Theories: Chaos and World Systems - An Iconic Theory of Criminal Justice

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61598-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 244
• Fecha Publicación: 02/10/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés