Building on the shoulders of Bhaskar and Matthews: a critical realist criminology

Building on the insights of the late Roy Bhaskar and the late Roger Matthews, as well as some recent developments in ultra-realist criminology, this article introduces and delineates some core intellectual contours of a Critical Realist Criminology (CRC) based on the principles of: The 'emergen...

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Published in:	Journal of critical realism 2022-03, Vol.21 (2), p.123-144
Main Authors:	Wilkinson, Matthew, Quraishi, Muzammil, Irfan, Lamia, Schneuwly Purdie, Mallory
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Contours Crime Criminal justice Criminologists Criminology Critical realism dialectics Emergence Imprisonment Malcolm X Ontology penology Perpetrators Policy making Primacy restorative justice Shoulders Victims
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Summary:	Building on the insights of the late Roy Bhaskar and the late Roger Matthews, as well as some recent developments in ultra-realist criminology, this article introduces and delineates some core intellectual contours of a Critical Realist Criminology (CRC) based on the principles of: The 'emergent,' stratified ontology of crime and of the offender; the full critical realist account of the dialectics of being and becoming, including the spiritual turn in critical realism, applied to processes of criminal justice and reform; maximal inclusion of diverse theoretical research positions and the primacy of ontology in methodological selection; a 'serious' critical relationship of criminologists with professionals, institutions and policy-makers of criminal justice. These principles are directed at developing a criminology that 'underlabours' the recovery of human flourishing for the victims and perpetrators of crime and for society at large, including in-depth inquiry into what counts as crime and the purposes of incarceration.
ISSN:	1476-7430 1572-5138