exemplars of crit crim

schwartz@oak.cats.ohiou.edu
Sun, 28 Sep 1997 12:16:37 -0400

There are some interesting questions here, not the least of which is that
we are really bound together partially by the fact that we don't deal
acrimoniously with the problem that there is no single definition of
critical criminology, and that we don't agree on any such standard
definition. Some people still call it radical criminology, which to me
implies a Marxist base, while to me critical criminology suggests a broader
base.

Certainly the best way to read a variety of excellent authors in critical
criminology in a very short period of time is to look at:

Brian D. MacLean and Dragan Milovanovic, New Directions in Critical
Criminology (eds.) Vancouver: The Collective Press, 1991.

Of course, Walter DeKeseredy and I think that another bright idea is to
read our chapter 7, imaginatively called "New Directions in Critical
Criminology," in our textbook, Contemporary Criminology (Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, 1996). Both of these books cover left realism, feminism of
several stripes, peacemaking criminology, and postmodern criminology.

Others, of course, cover the same ground and can be recommended just as
highly.

Marty Schwartz