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Author: Nicole Rafter
Publisher: New York University Press
Imprint: New York University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.449kg
ISBN: 9780814776148
ISBN 10: 0814776140
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 October 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By: 9781479894697
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The Criminal Brain will have an important impact on social, political, and moral debates as biological criminology becomes increasingly prominent in coming years. SIMON A. COLE, author of Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification
""Nicole Rafter impressively documents the genealogy of biological ideas in criminology. She shows that criminology must take new biological ideas seriously and contextualize sociologically both the ideas and the phenomena in which biologists engage. The Criminal Brain warrants thorough and broad discussion."" Joachim J. Savelsberg, co-author of Constructing White-Collar Crime: Rationalities, Communication, Power ""Nicole Rafter is well known for her provocative and thoughtful work on the history of crime and criminal justice. In The Criminal Brain she tackles one of the most significant yet complex topics in the field today. As we witness new discoveries regarding the brain, genetics, consciousness, and human behavior, Rafter makes a persuasive case that we need to understand our past in order to chart our future course. I highly recommended Rafter's book for criminological theorists and researchers alike."" John H. Laub, co-author of Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70 ""The Criminal Brain will have an important impact on social, political, and moral debates as biological criminology becomes increasingly prominent in coming years."" Simon A. Cole, author of Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification
Rafter impressively documents the genealogy of biological ideas in criminology. She shows that criminology must take new biological ideas seriously and contextualize sociologically both the ideas and the phenomena in which biologists engage. The Criminal Brain warrants thorough and broad discussion. -Joachim J. Savelsberg,co-author of Constructing White-Collar Crime: Rationalities, Communication, Power Rafter is well known for her provocative and thoughtful work on the history of crime and criminal justice. In The Criminal Brain she tackles one of the most significant yet complex topics in the field today. As we witness new discoveries regarding the brain, genetics, consciousness, and human behavior, Rafter makes a persuasive case that we need to understand our past in order to chart our future course. I highly recommended Rafter's book for criminological theorists and researchers alike. -John H. Laub,co-author of Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70 The Criminal Brain will have an important impact on social, political, and moral debates as biological criminology becomes increasingly prominent in coming years. -Simon A. Cole,author of Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification The book takes readers on a fascinating journey through the history of criminology and details where the field stands today. -Scientific American Recommended. -Choice
Author Information
Nicole Rafter was Professor Emeritus of Criminology at Northeastern University. Her publications include The Crime of All Crimes: Toward a Criminology of Genocide, The Criminal Brain: Understanding Biological Theories of Crime, and, with Michelle Brown, Criminology Goes to the Movies. In 2009, Rafter was awarded the Sutherland Award by the American Society of Criminology for outstanding contributions to the discipline.
