In defence of administrative criminology

Mayhew, Pat

doi:10.1186/s40163-016-0055-8

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“…The contribution of administrative criminology is undeniable (Mayhew 2016). However, what it involves is more 'a reflexive journey into an official past' (Carlen 2016, 19).…”

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Critical Criminology: Past, Present, and Future

Chao

2022

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Crime problems have drawn more and more attention in recent years, with criminological theories widely developed. Critical criminology is perhaps the most controversial and ambitious among those theories because it abandons the state's definition of crime, demonstrates the injustice of society, and tries to address crime problems (or social harm) more comprehensively. Meanwhile, its radical position attracts criticisms, such as ignoring real victimisation. The essay aims to explore the past, present, and future of critical criminology and explain why society requires such a critical voice. First, it introduces the origin and development of critical criminology. Then, through two current examples - the war on terror and COVID-19, it illustrates the critical perspective's value of comprehensiveness and independence, especially compared to mainstream criminology. Lastly, it indicates the challenges and how critical criminology could develop in the future to pursue its goal - real equality and justice.

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“…The contribution of administrative criminology is undeniable (Mayhew 2016). However, what it involves is more 'a reflexive journey into an official past' (Carlen 2016, 19).…”

Section: Lacking Research Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Critical Criminology: Past, Present, and Future

Chao

2022

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“…A final category of research question covers issues of assessment and evaluation. While some criminological researchers actively distance themselves from the enterprise of ‘administrative criminology’ (Young, 1987), others adopt a more pragmatic approach, seeing the potential of research to influence policy and taking this to be one of its core objectives (Hough, 2014; Mayhew, 2016). Such choices are reflected within the field of cross-national crime policy flows, some seeing it as an opportunity to explore the effectiveness of policies that are transferred into different cultural, political and legal settings with a view to improving the process of ‘learning from elsewhere’ (Tonry, 2015).…”

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Researching cross-national policy mobilities in crime control

Jones

Blaustein

Newburn

2019

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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This article examines the contribution of scholarly work on`policy transfer' and related concepts to our knowledge of how far, and in what ways, particular policy`models' of security and justice travel across national boundaries, and what might explain this phenomenon. The article begins by summarizing the key findings of extant empirical studies of cross-national policy movement in the fields of crime, security, and justice. It then considers the normative dimension to debates about policy transfer, observing that much of the literature adopts a pessimistic position about the problematic nature of international policy movement in security and justice, and discusses some of the reasons for such pessimism. The article then reflects on ways in which normative principles could be applied to considerations of prospective policy transfer, and the implications for the broader possibilities for`progressive' policy transfer in relation to crime, security, and justice.In security and justice, as with other areas of public policy, it often appears that the world is getting smaller. The increasingly transnational nature of social problems and their associated public policy responses has been widely recognized in contemporary scholarly analysis, not least within research on crime control, security, and justice. 1 Criminologists and socio-legal scholars have become particularly interested in`extra-jurisdictional' influences that shape policies, and in the potential value of cross-national comparative research in helping us to understand such phenomena. In relation to crime S12

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“…the authorities' lackeys. Such attitudes are naïve, reductionist and myopic and belie a poor grasp of how useful law enforcement data can be in informing crime analysis and intervention (for more on this contentious topic, see (Mayhew 2016)). When conducting virtually any research involving external agencies -be it as a research commissioner, data provider, collaborator and so forthacademics ought to make conscious efforts to maintain their independence and intellectual integrity.…”

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Using Law Enforcement Data in Trafficking Research

Cockbain

Bowers

Vernon³

2019

The Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking

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Law enforcement data are a promising and largely untapped resource for academic research into human trafficking. Better use of such data can help inform and expand an evidence-based approach to counter-trafficking policy and practice. Authored by both academics and a senior law enforcement practitioner, this chapter provides rare and important insights into the theoretical, practical, legal and ethical considerations around using law enforcement data in human trafficking research. Its discussions should prove useful to researchers, practitioners and policy-makers interested in

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In defence of administrative criminology

Cited by 17 publications

References 31 publications

Critical Criminology: Past, Present, and Future

Critical Criminology: Past, Present, and Future

Researching cross-national policy mobilities in crime control

Using Law Enforcement Data in Trafficking Research

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