A Science of Otherness?

Rereading the History of Western and Us Criminological Thought
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0912-9
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 406 g

This book presents a critical history of Western criminological thought from the Enlightenment to the development of modern criminological theories, mainly in the United States, over the last hundred years. It explores a variety of approaches including the classical school, the various currents of positivist criminology, and the managerial movement.

Mehozay contends that Western criminological thought can be seen as an ideological project based on ‘otherness’, justifying social hierarchies and sustaining the control of some people over others. He demonstrates how ideologies of otherness, such as the non-rational other, the pathological other and more, validate projects of control, exclusion, modernization, and care.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mehozay, Yoav

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Criminology as Otherness?

2. The Classical School: Otherness as an Ideology of an Imaginary Bourgeois Society

3. The Early Days of Positivist Criminology: An Ideology of Universalism and Otherness

4. Two Versions of Otherness: Between Eugenics and Modernization Theory

5. Otherness as Subculture

6. Managing the Other: Otherness in Practice

7. Conclusion: A Science of Otherness?

Über Autor(innen)

Yoav Mehozay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Criminology at Haifa University.