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Author Walters, Reece.

Title Deviant knowledge : criminology, politics, and policy / Reece Walters.

Publication Info. Cullompton ; Portland, OR : Willan, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 218 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-206) and index.
Summary In 'Deviant Knowledge' Reece Walters examines the politics of criminology and the ways in which criminological knowledge is generated. It includes an overview of the politics and practice of conducting criminological research and the ways that regulatory and governing authorities set research agendas.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Contents Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Questions, contours and methods; 2 Contours of criminological knowledge: haunted by a spirit of pragmatism?; 3 Criminology, government and public policy; 4 The politics of control and criminological knowledge; 5 Silencing the critics: the 'War on Terror' and the suppression of dissent; 6 New modes of governance and the commercialization of criminological knowledge; 7 Reflections and new horizons; Appendices; References; Index.
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Subject Criminology -- Political aspects.
Criminology.
Criminology -- Research -- Political aspects.
Criminology -- Research.
Crime -- Research -- Political aspects.
Crime -- Research.
Crime.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Walters, Reece. Deviant knowledge. Cullompton ; Portland, OR : Willan, 2003 1843920301 (DLC) 2004555043 (OCoLC)52565232
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