Constitutive criminology at work : applications to crime and justice / edited by Stuart Henry and Dragan Milovanovic. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henry, Stuart.

Milovanovic, Dragan, 1948-

Henry, Stuart, 1949-

Series:

SUNY series in new directions in crime and justice studies

SUNY series in new directions in crime and justice studies Constitutive criminology at work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology--Research.

Criminology.

Criminology--Philosophy.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 322 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Constitutive Criminology at Work reveals the value of applying postmodernist-informed constitutive criminology to issues of crime and justice. A holistic, integrated criminological theory, constitutive criminology takes serious account of the interrelated contribution of human agency and social forces and argues that crime is an integral part of the total material and cultural production of society. Consequently, analysis and control of crime cannot be separated from the wider structural and cultural contexts in which it is produced." "This book argues that constitutive criminology can ultimately help society out of its obsession with the crime and punishment cycle."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

I. Constitutive theory. Introduction : postmodernism and constitutive theory / Stuart Henry and Dragan Milovanovic

Constitutive criminology : an introduction to the core concepts / Andrew Bak. II. Agency, resistance, and regulated bodies in the constitution of crime. Sex, law and the paradox of agency and resistance in the everyday practices of women in the "evergreen" sex trade / Lisa Sanchez

Constitutive theory and the homeless identity : the discourse of a community deviant / Bruce A. Arrigo

Constituting O.J. : mass-mediated trials and newsmaking criminology / Gregg Barak

Reconstituting the monster : images of techno-criminality and century's end / Dion Dennis

Bodies of law : the Supreme Court, the justices, and death / John Brigham. III. Societal responses : policing and pedagogy. Taking it to the streets : policing and the practice of constitutive criminology / James W. Williams

Policing modernity : scientific- and community-based violence on symbolic playing fields / Victor E. Kappeler and Peter B. Kraska

Agency and choice in women's prisons : toward a constitutive pedagogy / Mary Bosworth

Revisiting jailhouse lawyers : an excursion into constitutive criminology / Jim Thomas and Dragan Milovanovic. IV. Institutional transformation and constitutive justice. Intentional communities, the fourth way : a constitutive integration / Robert C. Scher

A constitutive theory of justice : the architecture of affirmative postmodern legal systems / T.R. Young

Conclusion : constitutive criminology engages its critics

an assessment / Stuart Henry and Dragan Milovanovic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-4384-0651-7

0-585-30850-0