Critical Criminology in Canada

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Aaron Doyle and Dawn Moore Klappentext This book presents the work of a new generation of critical criminologists who explore the geographical, institutional, and political contexts of the discipline in Canada. Breaking away from mainstream criminology and law-and-order discourses, the authors offer a spectrum of theoretical approaches to criminal justice -- from governmentality to feminist criminology, from critical realism to anarchism - and they propose novel approaches to topics ranging from genocide to white-collar crime. By posing crucial questions and attempting to define what criminology should be, this book will shape debates about crime, policing, and punishment for years to come. Zusammenfassung A new generation of critical criminologists examines the future of criminology and criminal justice in Canada. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Questions for a New Generation of Criminologists / Aaron Doyle and Dawn MoorePart 1: Canadian Criminology in the Twenty-First Century1 The Dilemmas of "Doing" Criminology in Québec: Curse or Opportunity? / Benoît Dupont2 Reconciling Spectres: Promises of Criminology / Bryan R. Hogeveen3 Commodifying Canadian Criminology: Applied Criminology Programs and the Future of the Discipline / Laura HueyPart 2: Expanding the Criminological Focus4 Corporate and White-Collar Crime: Reflections on the Study of Financial Wrongdoing in the Era of Neo-Liberalism / James W. Williams5 Criminological Nightmares: A Canadian Criminology of Genocide / Andrew Woolford6 Power and Resistance in Community-Based Sentencing / Diana Young7 Stigma and Marginality: Gender Experiences of Families of Male Prisoners in Canada / Stacey HannemPart 3: Theory and Praxis8 Reimagining a Feminist Criminology / Gillian Balfour9 The Promise of Critical Realism: Toward a Post-Empiricist Criminology / George S. Rigakos and Jon Frauley10 The Right to the City on Trial / Lisa Freeman11 Anarcho-Abolition: A Challenge to Conservative and Liberal Criminology / Kevin WalbyIndex...

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Edited by Aaron Doyle and Dawn Moore

Klappentext

This book presents the work of a new generation of critical criminologists who explore the geographical, institutional, and political contexts of the discipline in Canada. Breaking away from mainstream criminology and law-and-order discourses, the authors offer a spectrum of theoretical approaches to criminal justice -- from governmentality to feminist criminology, from critical realism to anarchism - and they propose novel approaches to topics ranging from genocide to white-collar crime. By posing crucial questions and attempting to define what criminology should be, this book will shape debates about crime, policing, and punishment for years to come.

Zusammenfassung
A new generation of critical criminologists examines the future of criminology and criminal justice in Canada.

Inhalt

Introduction: Questions for a New Generation of Criminologists / Aaron Doyle and Dawn Moore

Part 1: Canadian Criminology in the Twenty-First Century

1 The Dilemmas of "Doing" Criminology in Québec: Curse or Opportunity? / Benoît Dupont

2 Reconciling Spectres: Promises of Criminology / Bryan R. Hogeveen

3 Commodifying Canadian Criminology: Applied Criminology Programs and the Future of the Discipline / Laura Huey

Part 2: Expanding the Criminological Focus

4 Corporate and White-Collar Crime: Reflections on the Study of Financial Wrongdoing in the Era of Neo-Liberalism / James W. Williams

5 Criminological Nightmares: A Canadian Criminology of Genocide / Andrew Woolford

6 Power and Resistance in Community-Based Sentencing / Diana Young

7 Stigma and Marginality: Gender Experiences of Families of Male Prisoners in Canada / Stacey Hannem

Part 3: Theory and Praxis

8 Reimagining a Feminist Criminology / Gillian Balfour

9 The Promise of Critical Realism: Toward a Post-Empiricist Criminology / George S. Rigakos and Jon Frauley

10 The Right to the City on Trial / Lisa Freeman

11 Anarcho-Abolition: A Challenge to Conservative and Liberal Criminology / Kevin Walby

Index