G. Skoll 
Contemporary Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory 
Evaluating Justice Systems in Capitalist Societies

This book casts a critical eye on scholarship in the field of criminal justice, and offers some new orientations to help develop explanations for twenty-first century criminology and criminal justice studies.

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Introduction: Theories of Justice in Late Capitalism History of Criminal Justice Theory The Nature of Theory The Nature of Law, Order, Crime, and Criminal Justice ‘Liberation’ Criminal Justice: Critical& Radical Theories The Rule of Law and the Ruling Class Roots of Reaction Theories in Other Places: Europeans and Others Frameworks for New Theories: Chaos and World Systems An Iconic Theory of Criminal Justice

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GEOFFREY R. SKOLL is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Buffalo State College, USA. He has a Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology and MSW in clinical social work. Previous publications include
Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk: An Ethnography of a Drug Abuse Treatment Facility (1992). His current interests focus on social theory, terrorism, and the death penalty in comparative perspective.