Realist Criminology : Crime Control and Policing in the 1990s / John Lowman, Brian MacLean.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lowman, John, Editor.

MacLean, Brian, Editor.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology.

Crime prevention.

Victims of crimes.

Victims of crimes surveys.

Women--Crimes against.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The purpose of this book is to begin to take stock of developments in critical realism and criminology research and examine their relevance for North America. This is the first text to include a critical examination of left realism, examine its relationship to feminism, and comment on its relevance outside Britain.

Contents:

Foreword: The Criminology That Came in Out of the Cold / Paul Rock. 1. Introduction: Left Realism, Crime Control, and Policing in the 1990s / John Lowman and Brian D. MacLean

pt. 1. The Case for Left Realism. 2. Realist Research as a Basis for Local Criminal Justice Policy / Jock Young. 3. Developing a Realist Approach to Penal Reform / Roger Matthews. 4. Retreatism, Minimalism, Realism: Three Styles of Reasoning on Crime and Drugs in the United States / Elliott Currie

pt. 2. A Critical Assessment of Left Realism. 5. Canadian Realist Criminology in the 1990s: Some Reflections on the Quest for Social Justice / Paul Havemann. 6. Crime and Justice in Socialist Cuba: What Can Left Realists Learn? / Raymond J. Michalowski. 7. Beyond Realist Criminology / Robert Menzies. 8. The 'Left Regulation' of Prostitution: Reconciling Individual Rights and Collective Interests / John Lowman. 9. Why Company Law Is Important to Left Realists / Rob McQueen

pt. 3. Left Realism and Feminism.

10. Women, Crime, Feminism, and Realism / Pat Carlen. 11. Feminism and Realism in the Canadian Context / Dawn H. Currie. 12. Counting What Counts: The Study of Women's Fear of Crime / Seema Ahluwalia. 13. Confronting Woman Abuse in Canada: A Left-Realist Approach / Walter S. DeKeseredy

pt. 4. Left Realism and Victimology. 14. Researching Victims of Crime: Critical Victimology / Sandra Walklate. 15. The Local Crime Survey: Pitfalls and Possibilities / Ken Pease. 16. The Contribution of 'Left Realism' to the Study of Commercial Crime / Frank Pearce. 17. A Program of Local Crime Survey Research for Canada / Brian D. MacLean.

Notes:

Essays resulting from an international conference, "Realist Criminology in the 1990s," held in Vancouver in May, 1990.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7585-8

OCLC:

1105224730