Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Convict Criminology
Rod Earle
€ 143.72
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Convict Criminology
This is the first single authored book to trace the emergence of Convict Criminology and explore its relevance beyond the USA to the UK and other parts of Europe. It presents uniquely reflexive scholarship combining personal experience with critical perspectives on contemporary penalogy, focussing explicitly on men. Series: New Horizons in Criminology. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 168 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Convict criminology is the study of criminology by those who have first-hand experience of imprisonment. This is the first single-authored book to trace the emergence of convict criminology and explore its relevance beyond the USA to the UK and other parts of Europe. Addressing epistemological issues of ‘insider research’, it presents uniquely reflexive scholarship combining personal experience with critical perspectives on contemporary penality. Taking a gendered approach and focusing explicitly on men, it covers: • the way prisoners, ex-prisoners and prison research contribute to criminological knowledge • historical figures in criminology whose prison experiences are rarely recognised • the way ... Read more
Convict criminology is the study of criminology by those who have first-hand experience of imprisonment. This is the first single-authored book to trace the emergence of convict criminology and explore its relevance beyond the USA to the UK and other parts of Europe. Addressing epistemological issues of ‘insider research’, it presents uniquely reflexive scholarship combining personal experience with critical perspectives on contemporary penality. Taking a gendered approach and focusing explicitly on men, it covers: • the way prisoners, ex-prisoners and prison research contribute to criminological knowledge • historical figures in criminology whose prison experiences are rarely recognised • the way ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
New Horizons in Criminology
Number of Pages
192
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447323648
SKU
V9781447323648
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Rod Earle
Rod Earle is Senior Lecturer in Youth Justice in the Faculty of Health & Social Care at The Open University, UK. Prior to his academic career Rod worked as a printer in Norwich and as a youth justice social worker for the London Borough of Lambeth. In 1982 he served a three-month prison sentence in HMP Norwich.
Reviews for Convict Criminology
“Great read about the Convict Criminology movement. This book demonstrates how intellectual ideas born in a cage now shake the ivory tower.” Stephen C. Richards, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA “Earle wittily narrates the journey from convict to convict criminologist with an openness rarely seen in academia, enabling a full appreciation of the contribution to knowledge that can be made ... Read more