Criminology

New criminology study findings have been reported by R. Hogg and colleagues

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, August 17th, 2007

According to a study from Armidale, Australia, "Criminologists have mostly followed the criminal law in adopting an apolitical concept of crime. They paid limited attention to both political crime and the political power to criminalise."

"The article traces efforts to redress this since the 1960s. It nevertheless remained a minority concern, mostly of critical criminology. Yet crime has been politicised in various ways by other developments, also examined in the article," wrote R. Hogg and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "The events of 9/11 have crowned the emergence of crime as a strategic security issue posing a challenge to criminology to...

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Source: Medicine and Law Weekly (2007-08-17)

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