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Vincenzo Ruggiero is Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University in London. He has conducted research for many national and international agencies, including the European Commission and the United Nations. Since 2010, he has published the following single-authored books: Penal Abolitionism (2010), The Crimes of the Economy (2013), Power and Crime (2015), Dirty Money (2017) and Visions of Political Violence (2020). In 2016, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Criminology for his contribution to Critical Criminology.
<p><em>These essays offer a distinctive and powerful agenda for an alternative and critical criminology. This is a criminology for the public sphere positing alliances with sites of resistance to, and the contestation of, power. It is a powerful, erudite, and passionate read. Here, Vincenzo Ruggiero is at his elegant and most compelling best.</em></p><p>Sandra Walklate, Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology (Liverpool) Conjoint Chair of Criminology (Monash)</p><p>In this collection of essays, Vincenzo Ruggiero, one of the leading figures in the criminology of economic thought, has weighed in on the past, present and future of critical criminology. The result is an engaging and provocative assessment of the 'state of the field'. It should become required reading for critical and non-critical criminologists alike.</p><p>Gregg Barak, Professor Emeritus and author of <i>Chronicles of a Radical Criminologist: Working the Margins of Law, Power, and Justice</i></p><p>This well written, researched, thoughtful and engaging book, written by one of the most interesting scholars in the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice, forces the reader to consider rarely addressed alternative perspectives in the field of Critical Criminology. </p><p>Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D., University of Baltimore</p>
<p>These essays offer a distinctive and powerful agenda for an alternative and critical criminology. This is a criminology for the public sphere positing alliances with sites of resistance to, and the contestation of, power. It is a powerful, erudite, and passionate read. Here, Vincenzo Ruggiero is at his elegant and most compelling best.</p><p><strong>Sandra Walklate, </strong><em>Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology (Liverpool) Conjoint Chair of Criminology (Monash)</em></p><p>In this collection of essays, Vincenzo Ruggiero, one of the leading figures in the criminology of economic thought, has weighed in on the past, present and future of critical criminology. The result is an engaging and provocative assessment of the 'state of the field'. It should become required reading for critical and non-critical criminologists alike.</p><p><strong>Gregg Barak, </strong><em>Professor Emeritus and author of</em> Chronicles of a Radical Criminologist: Working the Margins of Law, Power, and Justice</p><p>This well written, researched, thoughtful and engaging book, written by one of the most interesting scholars in the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice, forces the reader to consider rarely addressed alternative perspectives in the field of Critical Criminology. </p><p><strong>Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D., </strong><em>University of Baltimore</em></p>
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Vincenzo Ruggiero is Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University in London. He has conducted research for many national and international agencies, including the European Commission and the United Nations. Since 2010, he has published the following single-authored books: Penal Abolitionism (2010), The Crimes of the Economy (2013), Power and Crime (2015), Dirty Money (2017) and Visions of Political Violence (2020). In 2016, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Criminology for his contribution to Critical Criminology.