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critical criminology  

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  • Critical criminology is a highly complex area of the criminological corpus. It encompasses a range of different approaches, all of which have different emphasises and nuances that they have been categorized under various headings, including Marxist criminology, radical criminology, left-realism, feminist criminology, sociological criminology or the sociology of deviance, peacemaking criminology, and cultural criminology, to name but a few. [Source: Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics; Criminology, Critical]

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