NDLI: The classlessness state of criminology and why criminology without class is rather meaningless

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Lynch, Michael J.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Criminology has returned to a stage of development where class is no longer seen as a relevant theoretical or empirical concern. This state of classless criminology reflects the decline in radical scholarship over the past two decades and the absence of radical/Marxist critiques of criminology. Despite the neglect of class by criminologists, class remains an important construct for understanding the main issues of concern within criminology: crime, the construction of law, and justice. This article reviews the neglect of class analysis in contemporary criminology, and draws examples of the ways in which class remains an important consideration in the contemporary world where the world economy of capitalism dominates economic, social and political relations globally. In reviewing the neglect of class, examples are provided of contemporary areas of criminological research where class based theory and empirical work could alter what we know about crime. While orthodox criminology has long neglected class, new forms of critical criminology that emerged since 1990 have also promoted the neglect of class analysis.
Starting Page	65
Ending Page	90
Page Count	26
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09254994
Journal	Crime, Law and Social Change
Volume Number	63
Issue Number	1-2
e-ISSN	15730751
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-03-07
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Criminology & Criminal Justice Criminal Law Political Science Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Law Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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