Re: Critical Crim "Must Reads"
J. M. Simonetti (jmsimon@unq.edu.ar)
Thu, 2 Oct 1997 17:26:31 +0300 (GMT)
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>About once every two weeks, I'll receive a post asking: "What are
>the basic articles/books I should read to understand Critical
>Criminology?"
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>Any suggestions? Is there a fairly consensual core of readings that
>we would recommend to students or others to understand the
>perspective? Is critical criminology defined by scholarly exemplars
>or by action? (the false dichotomy there notwithstanding).
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>jt
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I belive that Critical Criminology is a different way of thinking society.
For understanding this attitude I suggest to read critically all articles
and books concerning the relations betwen crime and power, including the
very beginnig of the social definition of crime, as were Hobbes or Beccaria
works.
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