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Convict Criminology
The "New School of Convict Criminology" is a relatively new and controversial perspective in the field
of corrections and the academic field of criminology. It challenges the way crime and correctional
problems are traditionally represented and discussed by researchers, policymakers, and politicians.
Our use of "New" is mirrored on Taylor, Walton, and Young's (1973) seminal work The New Criminology.
This monograph generated considerable controversy and intellectual debate in our discipline. These authors were
critical of positivist, functionalist, and labeling approaches that failed to consider how the criminal law,
policing, and corrections were socio-political constructions of class domination and the logical priorities of
capitalism. Our use of the word "school" is similar to the Frankfurt School and the New School of Social Research,
which suggests a collective effort grounded in a creative and critical research tradition. (Richards and Ross, 2001: 186)
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New Publication:
Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology, Walter S. DeKeseredy, Molly Dragiewicz (Eds.) 2011
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Global Perspectives on Re-Entry
Ekunwe Ikponwosa O. and Jones Richard S. (eds.) 2011
Granum
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