Marginality and Condemnation: An Introduction to Critical Criminology

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Fernwood Publishing Company, Limited, 2002 - Social Science - 451 pages
This introduction to criminology uses the ethics of social justice to confront traditional views of criminals. Key questions are addressed, including What is defined as criminal? How do we respond to crime? and Why do individuals behave in ways that reproduce social inequalities? Applied real-life scenarios address such realities as the prison experience, young men in the sex trade, race and crime in the media, and racial profiling. This text provides an alternative pedagogy for teaching criminology that discusses both the abstract theory and contemporary implications of the criminal justice system.

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Introduction Bernard Schissel and Carolyn Brooks
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The State Law and Policing
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Seeking Alternatives to Segregation for Aboriginal Prisoners
17
Copyright

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Bernard Schisselis a professor of sociology at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the author ofBlaming Children: Youth Crime, Moral Panics and the Politics of Hate, coauthor ofThe Legacy of School for Aboriginal People: Education, Oppression and Emancipationand coeditor ofThe Social Dimensions of Canadian Youth Justice.Carolyn Brooksis a professor of sociology at the University of Saskatchewan, St. Thomas More College, and St. Peters College. Bernard Schisselis a professor of sociology at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the author ofBlaming Children: Youth Crime, Moral Panics and the Politics of Hate, coauthor ofThe Legacy of School for Aboriginal People: Education, Oppression and Emancipationand coeditor ofThe Social Dimensions of Canadian Youth Justice.Carolyn Brooksis a professor of sociology at the University of Saskatchewan, St. Thomas More College, and St. Peters College.

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