| Description |
1 online resource (x, 292 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Marxism in the 21st Century -- Marxism and the Definition of Crime -- The Classics: Criminology Encounters Das Kapital -- Radical US Criminology -- British Critical Criminology -- The Lumpenproletariat as the Criminal Class? -- Alienation -- Crime and the Reproduction Conditions of Capitalism -- Marxism and Law -- Marxism, Justice and Criminal Justice -- Communism -- the End of Crime? -- Conclusion: Is there a Future for Marxist Criminology? -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
Marxist ideas have been a perennial feature of theories about crime and criminal justice since the early work of Willem Bonger in the early 20th century, but they have usually been adopted fairly casually and mixed with other theories, such as symbolic interactionism, which stem from different and incompatible traditions. This book provides a justification for the continuing relevance of Marxism in the 21st century. It reflects on the main concepts of Marxism and provides a critical summary of previous criminological work which features Marxism, and a 'toolkit' for using Marxist theories in the analysis of crime and criminal justice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-283) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Communism -- History -- 20th century
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Communism -- Philosophy
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Criminology -- Philosophy
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Crime & criminology.
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Marxism & Communism.
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Political science & theory.
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Social theory.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Communism
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Communism -- Philosophy
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Criminology -- Philosophy
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Society.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008029983 |
| ISBN |
9780230234710 |
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0230234712 |
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