An Introduction to Criminological Theory and the Problem of Causation
This text offers a novel contribution to criminological theory by introducing the complex issues relating to the structuring and analysing of causation. Warr traces the paradigm shift, or drift, that has occurredin the history of criminology and
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Jason Warr
An Introduction to Criminological Theory and the Problem of Causation
Jason Warr University of Lincoln Lincoln, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-3-319-47445-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47446-5
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This book is dedicated to Ben, Shadd and Alison for inviting me to the Cropwood Conference on the Effects of Imprisonment in 2004 and to John Irwin, Barbara Owen, Craig Haney, Paul Hirschfield, Pat Carlen and Joe Sim who I met there. I would not have walked this path without the encouragement and the kicks up the arse that you all gave me. And, of course, Kate.
PREFACE
This book arose from my own confusion when first introduced (indoctrinated?) into the field of criminology. Moving from one discipline to another always results in two fundamental issues: firstly, being confronted by one’s own lacuna of knowledge – you quickly become starkly aware of how ignorant you are of the new field of study. The second is that you cannot help but compare the new subject, and its ways of doing things, to the one that you have just left. The conjunction of these two epistemic positions resulted in a Gordian knot of befuddlement. The issue? Criminology has some problems! Before coming to criminology, I had begun studying philosophy with the Open University before then going on to study Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economic
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