Routledge The Criminology of Criminal Law: Advances in Criminological Theory Volume 8: 08

The Criminology of Criminal Law considers the relation between criminal law and theories of crime, criminality and justice. This book discusses a wide range of topics, including: the way in which white-collar crime is defined; new perspectives on stranger violence; the reasons why criminologists have neglected the study of genocide; the idea of boundary crossing in the control of deviance; the relation between punishment and social solidarity; the connection between the notion of justice and modern sentencing theory; the social reaction to treason; and the association between politics and punitiveness.Contributors include Bonnie Berry, Don Gottfredson, David F. Greenberg, Marc Riedel, Jason Rourke, Kip Schlegel, Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi, Leslie T. Wilkins, Marvin E. Wolfgang, and Richard A. Wright. The Criminology of Criminal Law concludes with an analysis of the results of a study on the most cited scholars in the Advances in Criminological Theory series. This work will be beneficial to criminologists, sociologists, and scholars of legal studies.Advances in Criminological Theory is the first series exclusively dedicated to the dissemination of original work on criminological theory. It was created to overcome the neglect of theory construction and validation in existing criminological publications. Review <p> “<em>The Criminology of Criminal Law</em> examines the disjunction between criminal justice and criminology, and represents a plea for the criminal justice system to pay attention to the research, and heed the admonitions, of criminologists… I recommend the perusal of this book by criminal justice scholars interested in the intersection of criminal law and criminology. There are nuggets of wisdom to be gleaned.”</p> <p> —Craig Hemmens, <em>Law and Politics Book Review</em></p> About the Author <strong>Freda Adler</strong> 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 <em>Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Criminal</em> and <em>Criminology and the Criminal Justice System</em>.<br><br> <strong>William S. Laufer</strong> is Julian Aresty Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School; director at the Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Centre for Business Ethics Research; and professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. He also serves as co-editor of Transaction’s Advances in Criminological Theory series. His writings, which focus extensively on criminal behaviour and corporate criminal responsibility, have appeared in many professional journals, including <em>American Criminal Law Review</em>, and <em>Vanderbilt Law Review</em>.