> British Society of Criminology 2011 Conference 3-6th July 2011 at
> Northumbria University
>
> Economies and Insecurities of Crime and Justice
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> ...................Please note - our second call for papers is now
> open......................
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> Conference News
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> This year sees a range of distinctive sessions threaded throughout the
> three-day programme.
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> We are very pleased to announce an 'Author meets Critics' session at
> which Jock Young will discuss his forthcoming book The Criminological
> Imagination (2011, Polity Press).
>
> The book is described as follows:
>
> For the last three decades Jock Young's work has had a profound impact
> on criminology. Yet, in this provocative new book, Young rejects much of
> what criminology has become, criticizing the rigid determinism and
> rampant positivism that dominates the discipline today. His erudite and
> entertaining examination of what's gone wrong with criminology draws on
> a range of research - from urban ethnography to sexology and criminal
> victimization studies - to illustrate its failings.
>
> At the same time, Young makes a passionate case for a return to
> criminology's creative and critical potential, partly informed by the
> new developments in cultural criminology. A late-modern counterpart to
> C. Wright Mills's classic The Sociological Imagination, this
> inspirational piece of writing from one of the most brilliant voices in
> contemporary criminology will command widespread attention. The
> concluding part of the author's trilogy of influential texts including
> The Vertigo of Late Modernity and The Exclusive Society, it will be
> essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of criminology,
> and the social sciences more generally.
>
> 'Critics' are: Adam Edwards - Senior lecturer, Cardiff School of Social
> Sciences, Dr Keith Hayward - Senior Lecturer in Criminology and
> Sociology, University of Kent and Professor Sandra Walklate, Eleanor
> Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool.
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> Economies and Insecurities of Crime and Justice
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> A range of key issues connect to the main theme of our conference -
> recessional climates, global economies and local insecurities, political
> economies of crime, consumer culture and criminal enterprise, economic
> crisis, and public spending cuts, social exclusion, fear, insecurity and
> victimisation.
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> abstract.
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