Key Contested Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice
A Biopsychosocial Perspective
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 24 September 2025
- ISBN 9781041119807
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 690 g
- Language English 698
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Short description:
Key Contested Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice addresses the key issues within criminology and criminal justice that are strongly contested among scholars in the field.
MoreLong description:
Key Contested Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice addresses the key issues within criminology and criminal justice that are strongly contested among scholars in the field.
Covering 18 different themes, the book identifies the ways in which different issues are contested and demonstrates how biopsychosocial concepts and methods can inform most of them. It is divided into four broad sections. The first section examines philosophical issues such as the value of philosophy in criminology/criminal justice, the role of ideology in our disciplines, and the issues of human nature and free will versus determinism. The second section explains the biopsychosocial perspective that provides the framework used in exploring the various issues. It explores the possibility of integrating the natural sciences with criminology, behavioral and molecular genetics, evolutionary theory, and neuroscience. It also considers issues related to child maltreatment, brain development, and the role of rationality vis-à-vis emotion in decision-making. The third section examines crime causation and contains chapters on social learning versus control theories, radical/critical theories, the relationship between intelligence and criminal behavior, issues of socioeconomic status (SES), poverty, and crime, and whether religion is a barrier or bridge to antisocial behavior. The final section looks at four issues in criminal justice: the police abolition movement, the nature of punishment and its justifications by the criminal justice system, and issues in sentencing and the death penalty.
Key Contested Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice will be of value to students and scholars in criminology and criminal justice, as well as to criminal justice practitioners.
MoreTable of Contents:
Section 1: Philosophical Issues 1. Philosophy in Criminology/Criminal Justice 2. Ideology and Criminology 3. Human Nature and Criminology 4. The Issue of Free Will Versus Determinism Section 2: Biopsychosocial Issues 5. Integrating the Natural Sciences with Criminology 6. Behavioral and Molecular Genetics 7. The Human Brain 8. Childhood Maltreatment and Brain Development 9. Rationality or Emotion: Which One Drives the Bus? Section 3: Issues of Crime Causation 10. Social Learning v. Social and Self-Control Theories 11. Radical/Critical Idealism Versus Orthodox Realism 12. What is Intelligence and How is it Related to Crime? 13. Issues Related to Socioeconomic Status, Poverty, and Crime 14. Religion: Barrier or Bridge to Antisocial Behavior? Section 4: Issues in Criminal Justice 15. Abolish the Police: Why or Why Not 16. Issues in Criminal Punishment 17. Issues in Criminal Sentencing 18. The Death Penalty Issue
