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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- ©The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and Authors, 1992
- ISSN
- 0004-8658
- eISSN
- 1837-9273
- DOI
- 10.1177/000486589302600112
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
BOOK REVIEWS 93 He argues very cogently that the classical conception of human action, with its emphasis on freedom, rationalality and choice, has recently found favour with the rise of economic rationalism. As well as suiting monetarist economists it has also been very influential in criminology. The criminological version has similarly tended to be associated with political conservatism. This 'criminological version of monetarism' has focused on effective crime control, and assumes humans to be free, rational and capable of making independent choices. Hence it emphasises deterrence through punishment and can thus legitimately claim to be heir to the original modernist or classical position as laid down in the 18th century. Roshier describes how in the late 1960s and early 19708 these classical ideas were dealt with rather differently. Radical criminologists alongside other progressive academics, students and practitioners engaged in criminal justice practice at that time will remember the heady days of interactionism and societal reation theories. In this version, criminals and other members of deviant or marginal groups are portrayed as responding rationally to oppressive forces of social definition and reaction. The early radical criminology of this time saw itself as being free to be partisan, to fight back
Journal
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE
Published: Mar 1, 1993