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Fragmented to Death: The Study of Violence and the Utility of Criminology
Author(s) -
McGoldrick Stacy K.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sociology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1751-9020
DOI - 10.1111/soc4.12280
Subject(s) - criminology , field (mathematics) , sociology , green criminology , state (computer science) , politics , law , political science , criminal justice , mathematics , algorithm , computer science , pure mathematics
This essay examines the current state of the field of criminology and argues that by under‐representing corporate violence, over‐representing street crime, and not often addressing political crime, criminology as a field is doing a disservice to our students. Further, the study of group violence and “new wars” could be enriched by the viewpoint of sociologists and criminologists.