Deviant knowledge : criminology, politics, and policy

Deviant knowledge : criminology, politics, and policy / Reece Walters.

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 resea...

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Main Author: Walters, Reece
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cullompton ; Portland, OR : Willan, 2003.
Subjects:
Criminology > Political aspects.
Criminology > Research > Political aspects.
Crime > Research > Political aspects.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Criminology > Research.
Criminology > Research grants.
Criminology > Research grants > Political aspects.
sociology of knowledge.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Criminology > Research
Knowledge, Sociology of
Kriminologie
Kriminalpolitik
Criminologie.
Onderzoek.
Politieke aspecten.
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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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