This book is neither a hagiography, nor a review of random areas of social scientific interest. Instead, it draws together a collection of scholarly and original articles which draw upon and critically interrogate the continued significance of the approach pioneered in Crimes of the Powerful. The book traces the evolution of crimes of the powerful empirically and theoretically since 1976, shows how critical scholars have integrated new theoretical insights derived from post-structuralism, feminism and critical race studies and offers perspectives on how the crimes of the powerful - and the enormous, ongoing destruction they cause - can be addressed and resisted.
Steven Bittle is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, Canada
Laureen Snider is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Steve Tombs is Professor of Criminology at The Open University, UK
David Whyte is Professor of Socio-legal Studies at the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, UK