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Critical security studies (CSS) is an academic discipline within security studies which draws on critical theory to revise and, at times, reject the narrow focus of mainstream approaches to security.
Marxist criminology, conflict criminology, and critical criminology claim that most relationships between state and citizen are non-consensual and, as such, criminal law is not necessarily representative of public beliefs and wishes: it is exercised in the interests of the ruling or dominant class.
The script-theoretic approach was proposed by Cornish [3] in 1994 as a way to better understand how crimes are committed and how to prevent them. The central element of this approach, the crime script, is a step-by-step account of the actions and decisions involved in a crime.
Biosocial criminology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring both biological factors and environmental factors. While contemporary criminology has been dominated by sociological theories, biosocial criminology also recognizes the potential contributions of fields such as genetics ...
Critical criminology applies critical theory to criminology. Critical criminology examines the genesis of crime and the nature of justice in relation to power, privilege, and social status. These include factors such as class, race, gender, and sexuality. Legal and penal systems are understood to reproduce and uphold systems of social inequality.
Pages in category "Criminology" The following 192 pages are in this category, out of 192 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
[1] [2] The Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice holds editorship of the journal, [3] and the current editors-in-chief are Cynthia Lum and Christopher Koper. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.333, ranking it 9th out of 61 journals in the category "Criminology ...
Sociologist Jack Katz is recognized by many as being a foundational figure to this approach [4] through his seminal work, Seductions of Crime, written in 1988. [5] Cultural criminology as a substantive approach, however, did not begin to form until the mid-1990s, [6] where increasing interest arose from the desire to incorporate cultural studies into contemporary criminology.