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Kritinė kriminologija kontinentinėje Europoje: ištakos ir pagrindinės idėjos
Critical Criminology in Continental Europe: Preconditions and Main Ideas

Author(s): Aušra Gavėnaitė
Subject(s): Criminology
Published by: Lietuvos teisės institutas

Summary/Abstract: The article represents general overview of critical criminology. It briefly shows in what academic context it has emerged in the United States, Great Britain and continental Europe. The main focus is on critical criminological discourse of 6th –7th decades in the XXth century in continental Europe. The article overviews the main ideas of critical criminology: deconstruction and abolitionism, by representing works of the three eminent Dutch criminologists: W.Bonger, H.Bianchi and L.Hulsman.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 57 (3)
  • Page Range: 43-61
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Lithuanian