Open AccessThinking Critically About Rural Crime: The Influence of William J. Chambliss
Author(s) -
Walter S. DeKeseredy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
critical criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1572-9877
pISSN - 1205-8629
DOI - 10.1007/s10612-015-9307-2
Subject(s) - vagrancy , lawmaking , criminology , sociology , social control , crime control , state (computer science) , law , political science , social science , criminal justice , algorithm , legislature , computer science
William J. Chambliss (Bill) is well-known for his path-breaking theories of lawmaking and for his innovative research on state-organized crime. However, rarely discussed is the fact that his study of the original vagrancy laws marked the birth of rural critical criminology. The main objective of this article is twofold: \ud\ud - (1) to show how Bill helped shape contemporary rural critical criminology, and; \ud\ud - (2) to provide suggestions for further critical theoretical and empirical work on rural crime and social control
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