Criminology as a Moral Science

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Anthony E Bottoms (University of Cambridge, UK) Jonathan Jacobs (City University of New York, USA)

Criminology as a Moral Science

Anthony E Bottoms (University of Cambridge, UK), Jonathan Jacobs (City University of New York, USA), Jonathan Jacobs (City University of New York USA)

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Hart Publishing
20 March 2025

Crime & criminology; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Criminology: legal aspects; Criminal law & procedure

Series: Studies in Penal Theory and Ethics

This book proposes an explicit recognition of criminology as a moral science: a philosophically textured appreciation of the presence and role of values in people’s reasoning and motivation, set within an empirically rigorous social-scientific account. This endeavour requires input from both criminologists and philosophers, and careful dialogue between them. Criminology as a Moral Science provides such a dialogue, not least about the so-called ‘fact-value distinction’, but also about substantive topics such as guilt and shame.

The book also provides philosophically-informed accounts of morality in practice in several criminological contexts: these include whistleblowing practices within a police service; the dilemmas of mothers about who and what to tell about a partner’s imprisonment; and how persistent offenders begin to try to ‘turn their lives around’ to desist from crime. The issues raised go to the heart of some currently pressing topics within criminology, notably the development of ‘evidence-based practice’, which requires some kind of stable bridge to be built between research evidence (‘facts’) and proposals for policy (‘evaluative recommendations’).

Edited by: Anthony E Bottoms (University of Cambridge UK), Jonathan Jacobs (City University of New York, USA), Jonathan Jacobs (City University of New York USA)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781509965373
ISBN 10: 1509965378
Series: Studies in Penal Theory and Ethics
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 20 March 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anthony E Bottoms is Emeritus Wolfson Professor of Criminology at the University of Cambridge, UK. Jonathan Jacobs is Director of the John Jay College of Criminal Ethics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, USA.