Breaking Down the Pseudo-Pacification Process: eight Critiques of Ultra-Realist Crime Causation Theory

This paper critically examines ultra-realist criminology's two central crime causation theories: the breakdown of the pseudo-pacification process and special liberty. We identify a number of shortcomings in these theories pertaining to (1) their explanation of gender-related disparities in crim...

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Authors: Wood, Mark A. (Author) ; Anderson, Briony (Author) ; Richards, Imogen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 642-661
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