The French Connection in Criminology: Rediscovering Crime, Law, and Social Change

by Bruce A. Arrigo, Dragan Milovanovic, Robert Carl Schehr

Series:SUNY Series in New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies

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Winner of the 2005 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division of the Society for the Study of Social ProblemsThis is the first comprehensive, accessible, and integrative overview of postmodernism's contribution to law, criminology, and social justice. The book begins by reviewing the major contributions of eleven prominent figures responsible for the development of French postmodern social theory. This "first" wave includes Roland Barthes, Jean show more Baudrillard, Hølène Cixous, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Følix Guattari, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Lacan, and Jean-Franøois Lyotard. Their respective insights are then linked to "second" wave scholars who have appropriated their conceptualizations and applied them to pressing issues in law, crime, and social justice research. Compelling and concrete examples are provided for how affirmative and integrative postmodern inquiry can function meaningfully in the world of criminal justice. Topics explored include confinement law and prison resistance; critical race theory and a jurisprudence of color; media/literary studies and feminism; restorative justice and victim-offender mediation processes; and the emergence of social movements, including innocence projects and intentional communities. show less

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Bruce A. Arrigo

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Bruce A. Arrigo is Professor of Criminology and Forensic Psychology and Director of the Institute of Psychology, Law, and Public Policy at the California School of Professional Psychology -- Fresno

Dragan Milovanovic

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Dragan Milovanovic is Professor of Criminal Justice at Northeastern Illinois University

Robert Carl Schehr

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