A Criminology of War?

by Ross McGarry, Sandra Walklate

Overview

In recent years, the academic study of ‘war’ has gained renewed popularity in criminology. This book illustrates its long-standing engagement with this social phenomenon within the discipline. Foregrounding established criminological work addressing war and connecting it to a wide range of extant sociological literature, the authors present and further develop theoretical and conceptual ways of thinking critically about war. Providing a critique of mainstream criminology, the authors question whether a ‘criminology of war’ is possible, and if so, how this seemingly ‘new horizon’ of the discipline might be usefully informed by sociology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529202595
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	08/03/2019
Series:	New Horizons in Criminology
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Ross McGarry is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool. Sandra Walklate is Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool and conjoint Chair of Criminology at Monash University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements iv

Series preface Professor Andrew Millie vi

Preface viii

1 Introduction: Can there be a 'Criminology of War'? 1

2 Theorising 'War' within Sociology and Criminology 15

3 The War on Terrorism: Criminology's 'Third War' 41

4 The 'Forgotten Criminology of Genocide'? 61

5 From Nuclear to 'Degenerate' War 83

6 The 'Dialectics of War' in Criminology 105

7 Criminology's 'Fourth War'? Gendering War and Its Violence(s) 127

8 Conclusion: Beyond a 'New' Wars Paradigm: Bringing the Periphery into View 147

References 167

Index 195

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From the Publisher

''Solidly grounded in inter- and intra-disciplinary scholarship, McGarry and Walklate provide a sophisticated and critical analysis of complex connections between war and criminology. While bringing the study of war closer to the centre of modern criminological enterprise, this book will attract serious attention far beyond it'.'' Ali Wardak, University of South Wales