TY - BOOK
T1 - Revitalizing Criminological Theory
T2 - Towards a new Ultra-Realism
AU - Hall, Steve
AU - Winlow, Simon
PY - 2015/5/21
Y1 - 2015/5/21
N2 - This book provides a short, comprehensive and accessible introduction to Ultra-Realism: a unique and radical school of criminological thought that has been developed by the authors over a number of years. After first outlining existing schools of thought, their major intellectual flaws and their underlying politics in a condensed guide that will be invaluable to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, Hall and Winlow introduce a number of important new concepts to criminology and suggest a new philosophical foundation, theoretical framework and research programme. These developments will enhance the discipline’s ability to explain human motivations, construct insightful representations of reality and answer the fundamental question of why some human beings risk inflicting harm on others to further their own interests or achieve various ends.
AB - This book provides a short, comprehensive and accessible introduction to Ultra-Realism: a unique and radical school of criminological thought that has been developed by the authors over a number of years. After first outlining existing schools of thought, their major intellectual flaws and their underlying politics in a condensed guide that will be invaluable to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, Hall and Winlow introduce a number of important new concepts to criminology and suggest a new philosophical foundation, theoretical framework and research programme. These developments will enhance the discipline’s ability to explain human motivations, construct insightful representations of reality and answer the fundamental question of why some human beings risk inflicting harm on others to further their own interests or achieve various ends.
U2 - 10.4324/9781315813080
DO - 10.4324/9781315813080
M3 - Book
SN - 9780415744355
SN - 9780415744362
T3 - New Directions in Critical Criminology
BT - Revitalizing Criminological Theory
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -