Contemporary Criminological Theory: Crime and Criminal Behaviour in the Age of Moral Uncertainty

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction and structure of the book
Introduction
The structure of the book
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Further reading
Part I From the modern to the postmodern condition
2 The rise and triumph of the modern
Three philosophical epochs
From the premodern to the modern
The rise of modern society
Crime and policing: from the premodern to the modern
From golden age to fragmentation
Policing fragmented modernity
Crime in fragmented modernity
Policing fragmented modernity revisited
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Further reading
Notes
3 Explaining crime in the modern era
The rational actor model
The predestined actor model
The victimized actor model
Discussion and conclusion
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Further reading
4 The crisis of modernity
An age of moral uncertainty
The rise of neoliberalism
The fragmentation of modernity
Neoconservatism
'The third way': the rise and fall of 'New' Labour
An assessment of 'New' Labour
Policy implications of the crisis of modernity
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
Part II Crime and criminal behaviour in the era of fragmented modernity
5 Fragmentation of modernity and the postmodern condition
The emergence of the postmodern
Criminal justice and the postmodern condition
Crime and the risk society
The clash of civilizations
An age of moral ambiguity: post-truth society
Policy implications of the postmodern condition
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
6 Constitutive criminology
Introduction
Jacques Lacan and constitutive criminology
Chaos theory and constitutive criminology
Constitutive criminology and the 'war on terror'
Constitutive penology
Policy implications of constitutive criminology
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Further reading
7 Anarchist criminology
Peacemaking criminology
The peacemaking pyramid paradigm
Criticism of peacemaking criminology
Restorative justice as an alternative to criminal justice
Conclusion
Anarchist criminology revisited
Policy implications of anarchism and peacemaking criminology
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
8 Cultural criminology
The focus of cultural criminology
Methods and applications
Psychosocial criminology
Deviant leisure
Cultural criminology and the mass media
The future of cultural criminology
Policy implications of cultural criminology
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
Notes
9 Globalization and organized crime
Globalization and neoliberalism
The global criminal economy
Organized crime in Europe and the UK
Dance culture – the globalization of deviance
Responding to organized crime in the UK
Policy implications of globalization and organized crime
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
10 Southern theory and criminology
Introduction
(Re)conceptualizing the south in criminology
North/South and global convergence in the digital era
Rethinking criminology from the global South
Crimes outside the metropole: the many worlds of violence
Gendered crime and victimization in the global south
Penality, punishment and Southern criminology
Policy implications of Southern theory
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
11 Critical race theory
Defining critical race theory
Core themes
Core theoretical framework
The myths of US democracy
Critical race criminology
Hip-hop: from South Bronx to global footprint
Sharing a parallel universe
Conclusion
Epilogue: from slavery to black lives matter
Policy implications of critical race theory
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
12 Terrorism and state violence
Introduction
Social science explanations of terrorism
Contemporary criminological explanations of terrorism
The war on terrorism
State violence as state terrorism
Terrorism and postmodernism revisited
Policy implications of terrorism and state violence
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
13 Gender, feminism and masculinity
Introduction
The historical development of feminism
Perspectives in feminist theory
Criminology and women
Crime and masculinities
Queer criminology
Gender, feminism and masculinity revisited
Policy implications of the gendered criminal
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
Note
14 Green and species criminology
Introduction
The case for a green criminology
Animal rights
From the beginning . . . a selective history
Philosophical and legal approaches to animal rights
(Il)legitimate cruelty to animals
Policy implications of green and species criminology
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
15 Bio-critical criminology
Introduction
Biosocial theory
The postmodern critique of science
Bio-critical criminology
Sociobiology revisited – recent sociobiological explanations of childhood delinquency
Case study: ACE (adverse childhood experiences)
The natural sciences revisited – do vaccines cause autism?
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
16 Abolitionism and convict criminology
Introduction
Abolitionism
Critical carceral studies
New abolition meets criminology
The lessons and experiences of the new abolitionists
Convict criminology
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
Part III From the postmodern condition to a revitalized modernity
17 The rise of political populism
Introduction
Neoliberalism in crisis
The global rise of populism
Distrust of elites
The alt-right
Leaving Europe
A deeply divided Britain
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
Notes
18 Risk, surveillance and social control
Introduction
The risk society revisited
The surveillance society
Universities, neoliberalism and new public management
Punishing the poor
Neoliberal penality
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
Notes
19 Ultra-realist criminology
Introduction
Criminological closure
The influence of zemiology
The influence of critical realism
Transcendental materialism
Ultra-realism revisited
Eight critiques of ultra-realist crime causation theory
Conclusion
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
Note
20 Radical moral communitarian criminology
Introduction
The mainstream communitarian agenda
Radical egalitarian communitarianism
The concept of community reconsidered
The development of the concept of individualism in Western Europe
The origins of Durkheim’s social theory
Durkheim and social solidarity
Durkheim and radical moral communitarianism
Policy implications of radical moral communitarian criminology
Conclusion
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
Notes
21 Conclusion: post-COVID-19 society
The story so far . . .
100 Days that changed the world
The experts are back in fashion
COVID-19 conspiracy theories
A turning point in history
Bad guys being bad
Pandemic crime opportunities
Neoliberalism revisited
Concluding comments
Summary of main points
Discussion questions
Suggested further reading
Notes
Index