Contemporary Criminological Theory Crime And Criminal Behaviour In The Age Of Moral Uncertainty | Criminology & Criminal Justice

This book offers a critical introduction to trends and developments in contemporary criminological theory. Designed both as a companion to An Introduction to Criminological Theory – also by Roger Hopkins Burke and published by Routledge – and as a standalone advanced textbook it develops themes introduced previously in more detail incorporates new critical and radical concepts and explores cutting-edge advances in theory. Key topics include the following: • Constitutive anarchist green and species bio-critical cultural abolitionist and convict criminologies• Globalization and organized crime• Southern theory• Critical race theory• Terrorism and state violence• Gender feminism and masculinity• Ultra-realism• Radical moral communitarianism These key issues are discussed in the context of debates about the fragmentation of modernity and the postmodern condition; the rise of political populism risk surveillance and social control and speculation about living in post-COVID-19 society and the future of neoliberalism. Written in a clear and direct style this book will appeal to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of criminology sociology and politics and is essential reading for advanced students of criminology looking for a way to engage with contemporary themes and concepts in theory. |Contemporary Criminological Theory Crime and Criminal Behaviour in the Age of Moral Uncertainty | Criminology & Criminal Justice