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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454089503321

Autore

Walters Reece

Titolo

Deviant knowledge : criminology, politics, and policy / / Reece Walters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cullompton, Devon, U.K. ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Willan Pub., , 2003

ISBN

1-135-99139-1

1-281-33164-3

9786611331641

1-84392-442-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

364.072

Soggetti

Criminology - Political aspects

Criminology - Research - Political aspects

Crime - Research - Political aspects

Knowledge, Sociology of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Deviant Knowledge Criminology, Politics and Policy; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Questions, contours and methods; Introduction; Structure and content; Chapter 2 Contours of criminological knowledge: haunted by a spirit of pragmatism?; Early criminological developments; International reconstruction and developments in criminological research following World War II; United Nations, criminological discourse and government(ality); The rise of critical genres; Chapter 3 Criminology, government and public policy; Criminology in government

The Home Office, England and WalesNational Institute of Justice, Washington D.C.; Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra; Criminology in public policy; Chapter 4 The politics and control of criminological knowledge; What are the politics of criminological research?; (Re)defining research; Government and commercial contracts: the legalization of interference; Ethical and legal issues; Securing support and sponsorship; Gathering and accessing data; Publishing results; Concluding comment; Chapter 5 Silencing the



critics: the 'War on Terror' and the suppression of dissent

The War on Terror'Acts of sedition': opposing the War on Terror; Government intolerance and the suppression of free speech; The authoritarian ascendancy; Resistance and detaching hegemonic truth; Chapter 6 New modes of governance and the commercialization of criminological knowledge; Governmentality and criminological research; University autonomy and criminological research; Critique and post-disciplinary criminologies; Concluding comment; Chapter 7 Reflections and new horizons; Looking back and moving forward; Intellectual independence and collective concern; The value of critique

Final thoughtAppendices; List of interviewees; List of other persons contacted; Research methodology; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this important and original book, 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 (drawing upon material from Britain, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the USA), and the ways that regulatory and governing authorities set research agendas, manipulate the processes and production of knowledge and silence or suppress critical voices through various techniques of neutralisation. The book argues for 'knowledges of resistance' - a p