Contemporary criminology and criminal justice theory : evaluating justice systems in ... capitalist societies

This book casts a critical eye on scholarship in the field of criminal justice, and offers some new orientations to help develop explanations for twenty-first century criminology and criminal justice studies. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Introduction Theories of Justice in Late Capitalism....Pages 1-23 History of Criminal Justice Theory....Pages 25-37 The Nature of Theory....Pages 39-56 The Nature of Law, Order, Crime, and Criminal Justice....Pages 57-77 “Liberation” Criminal Justice: Critical and Radical Theories....Pages 79-98 The Rule of Law and the Ruling Class....Pages 99-116 Roots of Reaction....Pages 117-138 Theories in Other Places: Europeans and Others....Pages 139-156 Frameworks for New Theories: Chaos and World Systems....Pages 157-173 An Iconic Theory of Criminal Justice....Pages 175-194 Back Matter....Pages 195-230