This book offers a short and accessible introduction to Ultra-Realism: a unique and radical school of criminological thought that enhances the disciplineà â â s ability to explain human motivations, construct insightful representations of reality and answer the fundamental question of why some human beings risk inflicting harm on others to further their own interests or achieve various ends.
This book offers a short and accessible introduction to Ultra-Realism: a unique and radical school of criminological thought that enhances the disciplineà â â s ability to explain human motivations, construct insightful representations of reality and answer the fundamental question of why some human beings risk inflicting harm on others to further their own interests or achieve various ends.
Steve Hall is Professor of Criminology at Teesside University and Co-Director of the Teesside Centre for Realist Criminology. In the 1970s he was a nomadic musician, general labourer and avid reader of anything political or philosophical. In the 1980s he worked with young offenders in the deindustrializing North-East of England, and he was politically active during the steelworks and mine closures in County Durham. In the 1990s he began teaching, researching and publishing. Essentially a criminologist, he has also published in the fields of sociology, history and radical philosophy. He is author of numerous articles and Theorizing Crime and Deviance (Sage, 2012), and co-author of Violent Night (Berg, 2006), Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture (Routledge, 2008), Rethinking Social Exclusion (Sage, 2013) and Riots and Political Protest (Routledge, 2015). He is co-editor of New Directions in Criminology (Routledge, 2012). Simon Winlow is Professor of Criminology at Teesside University and Co-Director of the Teesside Centre for Realist Criminology. He completed his PhD at the University of Durham in the 1990s before commencing work as a researcher on the ESRC Violence Research Programme and a lecturer in criminology and sociology in various UK universities. He is the author of numerous articles and Badfellas (Berg, 2001), and co-author of Bouncers (Oxford University Press, 2003), Violent Night (Berg, 2006), Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture (Willan/Routledge, 2008), Rethinking Social Exclusion (Sage, 2013) and Riots and Political Protest (Routledge, 2015). He is co-editor of New Directions in Criminological Theory (Routledge, 2012) and New Directions in Crime and Deviancy (Routledge, 2012).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Mainstream Classical and Contemporary Theories 3. The Critical Tradition 4. The Radical Realist Response 5. Untangling the Politics of Criminological Theory 6. Ultra-Realist Criminological Theory 7. Conclusion: Approaching the Reality of Our Times.
1. Introduction 2. Mainstream Classical and Contemporary Theories 3. The Critical Tradition 4. The Radical Realist Response 5. Untangling the Politics of Criminological Theory 6. Ultra-Realist Criminological Theory 7. Conclusion: Approaching the Reality of Our Times.
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