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OverviewIn this eye-opening critique, Ronald Kramer and James C. Oleson interrogate the promises of crime science and target our misplaced faith in technology as the solution to criminality. This book deconstructs crime science's most prominent manifestations—biological, actuarial, security, and environmental sciences. Rather than holding the technological keys to crime's resolution, crime sciences inscribe criminality on particular bodies and constitute a primary resource for the conceptualizations of crime that many societies take for granted. Crime science may strive to reduce crime, but in doing so, it reproduces power asymmetries, creates profit motives, undermines important legal concepts, instantiates questionable practices, and forces open new vistas of deviant activity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ronald Kramer , James C. OlesonPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780520299580ISBN 10: 0520299582 Pages: 275 Publication Date: 04 January 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Brief Sketch of Crime Science and Its Limits 2. Biological Crime Science Identification and Biosocial Criminology 3. Actuarial Science Crime Control as a Risky Business 4. Security Science Cartographies of Crime, States of Exception, and the Twilight of Liberty 5. Environmental Crime Science Missing the Forest for the Acronyms Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationRonald Kramer is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Auckland. His previous books include The Rise of Legal Graffiti Writing in New York and Beyond and Culture, Crime and Punishment. James C. Oleson is Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Auckland. His previous books include Criminal Genius: A Portrait of High-IQ Offenders and Fifty Years of Causes of Delinquency: The Criminology of Travis Hirschi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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