Deviant knowledge: criminology, politics, and policy
In 'Deviant Knowledge' Reece Walters examines the politics of criminology and the ways in which criminological knowledge is generated. It includes an overview of the politics and practice of conducting criminological research and the ways that regulatory and governing authorities set research agendas.
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- Full title :Deviant knowledge : criminology, politics, and policy / Reece Walters.
Summary
In 'Deviant Knowledge' Reece Walters examines the politics of criminology and the ways in which criminological knowledge is generated. It includes an overview of the politics and practice of conducting criminological research and the ways that regulatory and governing authorities set research agendas.
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- Publication Date:2003.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Willan
- Place of Publication:Cullompton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (ix, 218 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781135991395, 1135991391, 9781843924425, 1843924420
- oclc:on1004091837
- LC Classification:HV6025
- Dewey Decimal:364.072
Table of Contents
Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Questions, contours and methods; 2 Contours of criminological knowledge: haunted by a spirit of pragmatism?; 3 Criminology, government and public policy; 4 The politics of control and criminological knowledge; 5 Silencing the critics: the 'War on Terror' and the suppression of dissent; 6 New modes of governance and the commercialization of criminological knowledge; 7 Reflections and new horizons; Appendices; References; Index.
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