Intellectuals for Law and Order: A Critique of the New "Realists"

The article discusses attempts to place new "realists" in the context of an expanding criminal justice apparatus, contradictions of monopoly capitalism and impact of present economic and political crisis on petty bourgeois intellectuals. Topics discussed include the material context under...

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Autor principal: Platt, Anthony M. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Takagi, Paul
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2013
En: Social justice
Año: 2013, Volumen: 40, Número: 1/2, Páginas: 192-215
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
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Sumario:The article discusses attempts to place new "realists" in the context of an expanding criminal justice apparatus, contradictions of monopoly capitalism and impact of present economic and political crisis on petty bourgeois intellectuals. Topics discussed include the material context under which realists' ideology flourishes, massive investment in criminal justice and ineffectiveness of police to protect working-class communities from intra-class crimes of personal and economic victimization.