Pycroft / Bartollas Redemptive Criminology

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0354-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten

Reihe: New Horizons in Criminology

Drawing on criminology, philosophy and theology, this book develops a theory of ‘redemptive criminology’ for practice in criminal justice settings. The therapeutic impulse for the text is a focus on the individual practitioner’s ability to embrace difference with the other, to resist harsh penal measures and to bring about change from ‘the bottom up’.

By challenging concepts and practices of rehabilitation, the authors argue for the possibility of redemption and for forgiveness as the starting point. Using real-life examples and an interpretative approach, the book explores the connections between victims, perpetrators and the community. The text articulates challenges for the justice system and offers new insights into punishment and retribution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pycroft, Aaron

Bartollas, Clemens

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Resozialisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Immanence and Spaces of Possibility
3. The Dynamics of Forgiveness
4. Apprehending the Victim
5. Gifting Repentance
6. Actualization
7. The Redemptive Practitioner
8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Pycroft, Aaron
Aaron Pycroft is Senior Lecturer in Addiction Studies in the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth where he writes, teaches and researches on theory, policy and interventions with substance misuse.

Aaron Pycroft is Reader in Criminal Justice and Social Complexity at the University of Portsmouth.
Clemens Bartollas is Professor of Criminology at the University of Northern Iowa.