Introducing the New School of Convict Criminology

Part of a special issue on welfare and punishment in the era of President George W. Bush. The new school of convict criminology consists primarily of essays and empirical research by enlightened academics or by convicts or ex-convicts who possess or will complete a doctorate, and it addresses issues...

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Main Author: Richards, Stephen C. (Author)
Contributors: Ross, Jeffrey Ian
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2001
In: Social justice
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 177-190
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Keywords:
Ex-convicts
Criminal Behavior
Prisons
Criminology
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Summary:Part of a special issue on welfare and punishment in the era of President George W. Bush. The new school of convict criminology consists primarily of essays and empirical research by enlightened academics or by convicts or ex-convicts who possess or will complete a doctorate, and it addresses issues routinely disregarded by prison “managerial research.” Four interrelated movements, factors, and methodologies brought about the birth of this discipline—theoretical developments in criminology, the failure of prisons, the authenticity of insider views, and the centrality of ethnography.
ISSN:2327-641X