Books in the Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law series

This interdisciplinary and international volume provides a critical analysis of the power to police as a basic technology of modern government found in a vast array of sites of governance, including not only the state, but also the household, the factory, the military, and-most recently-the global realm of war, police actions, and peace keeping.

This book discusses the relationship between democracy and policing, and, more specifically, what it means for law enforcement to be "democratic" in modern-day America.

This book identifies a principle distinguishing justified from unjustified applications of the felony murder doctrine and shows how felony murder law should be reformed in light of that principle.

Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs offers a provocative argument in favor of a new defense in criminal law that acknowledges and weighs a victim's behavior in determining a defendant's liability.

The first comprehensive examination of U.S. efforts to register and monitor individuals in response to real or perceived criminal threats.

The story of the dramatic spread of mass incarceration across the United States, through a close look at the development of Arizona's punishment politics, policies, and practices.

This is a collection of essays critically examining the historical development of the modern criminal law.

Advances a broad interdisciplinary and international project to refocus attention on the scope and function of modern government through the lens of police power.

This is a collection of essays critically examining the historical development of the modern criminal law.