Criminology Civilisation and the New World Order

<p>Expertly authored by the co-editor of the best-selling text <em>Cultural Criminology Unleashed</em> this book re-examines criminology in a global context. Wide-ranging and up-to-date it covers the topics of colonialism and post-colonialism genocide state control the impact of September 11th and the post-9/11 world.</p><p>Exploring the relationship between a modern discipline and modernity it reworks the history and composition of criminology in light of September 11th and the prevalence of genocide in modernity. Analizing statistics anthropology and the everyday assumptions of criminology's history this text addresses the political and scholarly grip on the territorial state and the absence of a global criminology.</p><p>Rejecting the prevalent belief that September 11th and the responses it evoked were exceptions that either destroyed or revealed the absence of global legal order the author argues that in fact they confirm the nature of the world order of modernity.</p><p>A compelling and topical volume this is a must read for anyone interested or studying in the areas of criminology and criminal justice.</p>