Social Democratic Criminology by Robert Reiner, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

This book presents the case for 'social democratic criminology' as an important critical perspective and argues that its revival is essential for the analysis of crime and criminal justice, and even more importantly for humane and effective policy. It charts the history of social democracy, discusses the variety of conflicting ways in which it has been used, and identifies its core uniting concepts and influence on criminology in the twentieth century. It also discusses the decline of social democratic criminology and the sustained intellectual and political attacks it has endured. The concluding chapter looks at the prospects for the revival of social democratic criminology, itself dependent on the prospects for a rebirth of the broader social democratic movement. | Social Democratic Criminology by Robert Reiner, Paperback | Indigo Chapters