Marxism and Criminological Theory
A Critique and a Toolkit
Cowling, Mark
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
This volume details existing uses of Marxist thought in criminology, including examination of the work of Willem Bonger, Georg Rusche and Otto Kircheimer, as well as assessing the role of Marxist analysis within particular schools of thought such as Critical Criminology and Left Realism. Arguing for the continued relevance of Marxism in the post-Soviet era, this study also offers a 'toolkit' of Marxist theories detailing how theorists can make a fully systematic use of a set of Marxist ideas.
AUTHOR BIO
Mark Cowling is a Reader in Criminology, University of Teeside.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction. * Prologue: What is living and what is dead in Marxist theory? * PART 1: REVIEW OF EXISTING USES OF MARXISM IN CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY. * Willem Bonger, Georg Rusche and Otto Kircheimer. * Conflict Theory, notably William Chambliss * Critical Criminology * The Birmingham School. * Taylor's Crime in Context. * Left Realism * Postmodernism/Radical Politics * PART 2: THE POSSIBILITIES OF MARXIST ANALYSIS * The lumpenproletariat is the criminal class. * The alienation theory * Marxism and the Law. * Is capitalism itself criminal? * Capitalism tempts legitimate businesses into crime. * Aspects of the criminal justice system go hand in glove with private enterprise. * Modern capitalism has its own primitive rebels. * The criminal-justice system as a reproduction condition of capitalism. * Analytical Marxism. * Would socialist society end crime? Introduction. * Prologue: What is living and what is dead in Marxist theory? * PART 1: REVIEW OF EXISTING USES OF MARXISM IN CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY. * Willem Bonger, Georg Rusche and Otto Kircheimer. * Conflict Theory, notably William Chambliss * Critical Criminology * The Birmingham School. * Taylor's Crime in Context. * Left Realism * Postmodernism/Radical Politics * PART 2: THE POSSIBILITIES OF MARXIST ANALYSIS * The lumpenproletariat is the criminal class. * The alienation theory * Marxism and the Law. * Is capitalism itself criminal? * Capitalism tempts legitimate businesses into crime. * Aspects of the criminal justice system go hand in glove with private enterprise. * Modern capitalism has its own primitive rebels. * The criminal-justice system as a reproduction condition of capitalism. * Analytical Marxism. * Would socialist society end crime?
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ISBN: 1403945993
ISBN(13-digit): 9781403945990
Dewey Decimal: 364.01
Library of Congress: 2008029983
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 292
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