Critical Criminology Today: Counter-Hegemonic Essays, Ruggiero 9781032022215..

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Critical Criminology TodayCounter-Hegemonic Essays\nAuthor(s): Vincenzo Ruggiero\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032022215, 978-1032022215\nSynopsis\nWhat survives of the notions, principles and values of critical criminology? Faced with contexts that could not be more dramatically different to those fostering critical approaches to crime and its control, what is left of the radical theories and practical initiatives that characterized it in the 1970s? This book argues that critical criminology today can be reimagined if new concepts are elaborated, which bring academic efforts close to the practices of social movements.\n\nBuilding on an original collection of anti-hegemonic essays focused on specific criminological areas, including femicide, organized crime, drug use, punishment, state-corporate terrorism and financial crime, this book identifies the radical potential inherent in the choice of areas, topics a.