NCJ Number
125895
Journal
Journal of Human Justice Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: special issue (Autumn 1989) Pages: 99-112
Date Published
1989
Length
14 pages
Annotation
A comparative critical criminology for justice theory and research in Canada is suggested that points out that traditional criminology has been seriously flawed in its assumptions and preconceptions.
Abstract
Although it lacks a comparative schema based on a world-systems analysis or dependency model coupled with human rights concerns, critical criminology is Canada is only a "first world" criminology. Within the problematic of the concepts of reproduction, or production, of the State, and of transformation, the crucial concerns of critical criminology are re-identified. The concepts' relevance to a comparative criminology is underlined by critiquing north and western critical criminology as represented by the members of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). For related articles see NCJ 125888-125894. 73 references. (Author abstract modified)