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The sparking discipline of criminology : John Braithwaite and the construction of critical social science and social justice / edited by Stephan Parmentier ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Samenleving, criminaliteit & strafrechtspleging ; 35.
- Samenleving, criminaliteit & strafrechtspleging
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminology.
- Social justice.
- Braithwaite, John.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- v, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Over the past decades, the Australian social scientist John Braithwaite (1951) has played a crucial role in the development of international criminology. He is universally considered one of the most renowned criminologists of our times and he has characteristically put his scientific engagement at the service of humanity and society by aiming at social justice, participative democracy, sustainable development and world peace. His relentless efforts to create links between the study of criminology and other scientific disciplines has led the K.U.Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) to honour Braithwaite in February 2008 with an honorary doctorate.
- In this collection of essays a number of well-known academics reflect on the work of John Braithwaite by addressing two leading questions: What are the implications of a republican theory of justice for criminology and criminal policy? And secondly, what is the role of academic criminology in today's social, political and economic environment? The volume is concluded by an extensive and insightful contribution from John Braithwaite himself, not only reflecting on the preceding essays in the book, but also addressing the challenges and future directions for academic criminology in the present day. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: criminology in search of new frontiers / Ivo Aertsen ... [et al].
- Laudatio for John Braithwaite / Stephan Parmentier
- Between evangelism and charlatanism. Reflections on the social responsibility of criminology and other social sciences / Lode Walgrave
- Our sense of justice. Values, justice and punishment / Susanne Karstedt
- Why criminology needs outsiders / Tom Daems
- Braithwaite, criminology and the debate on public social science / Ian Loader and Richard Sparks
- Why research cannot but be trans-disciplinary in complex matters of ethos and justice / Bart Pattyn
- Opportunities and dangers of capitalist criminology / John Braithwaite.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9058678830
- 9789058678836
- OCLC:
- 785833242
- Publisher Number:
- 99948572915
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