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Vegh Weis Valeria |
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Titolo |
Marxism and criminology [[e-book] ] : a history of criminal selectivity / / by Valeria Vegh Weis |
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Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations, tables |
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Collana |
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Studies in Critical Social Sciences, , 1573-4234 ; ; Volume 104 |
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Soggetti |
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Criminology - Economic aspects |
Crime - Sociological aspects |
Marxian economics |
Criminal justice, Administration of |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Original Criminal Selectivity -- Disciplining Criminal Selectivity -- Bulimic Criminal Selectivity -- Final Reflections -- Afterword / Jonathan Simon -- References -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Winner of the 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award In Marxism and Criminology: A History of Criminal Selectivity , Valeria Vegh Weis rehabilitates the contributions and the methodology of Marx and Engels to analyze crime and punishment through the historical development of capitalism (15th Century to the present) in Europe and in the United States. The author puts forward the concepts of over-criminalization and under-criminalization to show that the criminal justice system has always been selective. Criminal injustice, the book argues, has been an inherent element of the founding and reproduction of a capitalist society. At a time when racial profiling, prosecutorial discretion, and mass incarceration continue to defy easy answers, Vegh Weis invites us to revisit Marx and Engels’ contributions to identify socio-economic and historic patterns of crime and punishment in order to foster transformative changes to criminal justice. The book includes a Foreword by Professor Roger Matthews of Kent University, and an |
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Afterword written by Professor Jonathan Simon of the University of California, Berkeley. |
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