Critical criminology at the edge : postmodern perspectives, integration, and applications / Dragan Milovanovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milovanovic, Dragan, 1948-

Series:

Praeger series in criminology and crime control policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology--Methodology.

Criminology.

Law--Methodology.

Law.

Chaotic behavior in systems.

Discourse analysis.

Catastrophes (Mathematics).

Criminal psychology.

Semiotics (Law).

Physical Description:

292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Introduces key emerging perspectives in postmodern analysis and discusses their application in criminology, law, and social justice.

Contents:

Part I. Emerging Perspectives in Critical Analyses in Law, Criminology, and Social Justice 23

2. Discourse Analysis: Lacan and Psychoanalytic Semiotics 25

3. Chaos Theory: Dynamic System Theory 55

4. Catastrophe Theory: Folds, Cusps, Jumps, and Singularities 85

5. Edgework: Boundaries, Edges, Excitement, and Visceral Experiences 115

Part II. Integrations, Syntheses, and Applications in Critical Criminology, Law, and Social Justice 133

6. Psychoanalytic Semiotics and Its Applications: Freud, Lacan, Metaphor, and Metonymy in Criminology 135

7. The Literal, Cinematic, and Trial Court Text: "Reality" TV Policing, Detective Fiction, Trials, and the Spoken Subject 157

8. Psychoanalytic Semiotics, Chaos, and Rebellious Lawyering 179

9. Catastrophe Theory in Criminology and Social Justice: Peacemaking Criminology 205

10. Edgework, Monism, and Constitutive Criminology: Toward an Integrated Topography 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-284) and index.

ISBN:

0275968286

OCLC:

49225787