Contesting Crime Science

Ronald Kramer is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Auckland. His previous books include The Rise of Legal Graffiti Writing in New York and Beyond and Culture, Crime and Punishment.    James C. Oleson is Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Auckland. His previous books include Criminal Genius: A Portrait of High-IQ Offenders and Fifty Years of Causes of Delinquency: The Criminology of Travis Hirschi.  

Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

   Introduction
1. A Brief Sketch of Crime Science and Its Limits

2. Biological Crime Science
   Identification and Biosocial Criminology
   
3. Actuarial Science
   Crime Control as a Risky Business
   
4. Security Science
   Cartographies of Crime, States of Exception,
   and the Twilight of Liberty
   
5. Environmental Crime Science
   Missing the Forest for the Acronyms
   
   Conclusion
   
Notes
Bibliography
Index