04528nam 2200721 a 450 991082513730332120200520144314.01-135-99146-41-135-99139-11-281-33164-397866113316411-84392-442-010.4324/9781843924425 (CKB)1000000000724707(EBL)449729(OCoLC)609842738(SSID)ssj0000293863(PQKBManifestationID)11911220(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293863(PQKBWorkID)10292566(PQKB)11705857(MiAaPQ)EBC449729(Au-PeEL)EBL449729(CaPaEBR)ebr10306166(CaONFJC)MIL133164(OCoLC)826657857(EXLCZ)99100000000072470720040625d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDeviant knowledge criminology, politics, and policy /Reece Walters1st ed.Cullompton ;Portland, OR Willan20031 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84392-029-8 1-84392-030-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-206) and index.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 governmentThe 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 dissentThe 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 critiqueFinal thoughtAppendices; List of interviewees; List of other persons contacted; Research methodology; References; IndexIn 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 pCriminologyPolitical aspectsCriminologyResearchPolitical aspectsCrimeResearchPolitical aspectsKnowledge, Sociology ofCriminologyPolitical aspects.CriminologyResearchPolitical aspects.CrimeResearchPolitical aspects.Knowledge, Sociology of.364.072Walters Reece867453MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825137303321Deviant knowledge4089502UNINA