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Author Walters, Reece

Title Deviant knowledge : criminology, politics, and policy / Reece Walters
Published Cullompton ; Portland, OR : Willan, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 218 pages)
Contents Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Questions, contours and methods; 2 Contours of criminological knowledge: haunted by a spirit of pragmatism?; 3 Criminology, government and public policy; 4 The politics of control and criminological knowledge; 5 Silencing the critics: the 'War on Terror' and the suppression of dissent; 6 New modes of governance and the commercialization of criminological knowledge; 7 Reflections and new horizons; Appendices; References; Index
Summary In 'Deviant Knowledge' Reece Walters examines the politics of criminology and the ways in which criminological knowledge is generated. It includes an overview of the politics and practice of conducting criminological research and the ways that regulatory and governing authorities set research agendas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-206) and index
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Subject Criminology -- Political aspects
Criminology -- Research -- Political aspects
Crime -- Research -- Political aspects
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Criminology -- Research
Criminology -- Research grants
Criminology -- Research grants -- Political aspects
sociology of knowledge.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Criminology -- Research
Knowledge, Sociology of
Kriminologie
Kriminalpolitik
Criminologie.
Onderzoek.
Politieke aspecten.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004555043
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