| The Origins of American Criminology Contributor(s): Myer, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1412814677 ISBN-13: 9781412814676 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364.973 |
| LCCN: 2010026913 |
| Series: Advances in Criminological Theory |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (1.58 lbs) 440 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Origins of American Criminology is an invaluable resource. Both separately and together, these essays capture the stories behind the invention of criminology's major theoretical perspectives. They preserve information that otherwise would have been lost. There is urgency to embark on this reflective task given that the generation that defined the field for the past decades is heading into retirement. This fine volume insures that their life experiences will not be forgotten. The volume shows criminology to be a human enterprise. Ideas are not driven primarily--and often not at all--by data. Theories are not invented solely as part of the scientific process; they are not inevitable. American criminology's great theories most often precede the collection of data; they guide and produce empirical inquiry, not vice versa. Theoretical paradigms are shaped by a host of factors--scholars' assumptions about the world drawn from their social constructs, disciplinary content and ideology, cognitive environments found in specific universities and the field's scholarly networks, and, quirks in a person's biography. The volume demonstrates that humanity is what makes theory possible. Diverse experiences--when we were born, where we have lived, the unique trajectories of our personal life courses, the disciplines and academic places we have ended up--allow individual scholars to see the world differently. |
Contributor Bio(s): Myer, Andrew J.: - Andrew J. Myer is assistant professor of sociology, social work, and criminal justice at Viterbo University. Adler, Freda: - Freda Adler is distinguished professor emerita in the criminal justice program at Rutgers University, Newark. She is also a past president of the American Criminological Society. In addition to being co-editor of Transaction's Advances in Criminological Theory series, she is the author of numerous works, including Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Criminal and Criminology and the Criminal Justice System. Cullen, Francis T.: -Francis T. Cullen is distinguished research professor emeritus and senior research associate in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. Jonson, Cheryl Lero: -Cheryl Lero Jonson is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Xavier University. |
