Bottoms, Anthony E. 1939- editor. Jacobs, Jonathan A. editor. text bibliography enk 2023 monographic eng

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1 online resource (264 pages) 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'). Introduction: The Nature and Scope of a Moral Science -- PART I: ORIENTATIONS -- 1. Criminology and Moral Philosophy: Prospects for Fuller Engagement -- 2. Implementing the ‘Moral Turn’ in the Social Sciences: Three Obstacles and Three Solutions -- PART II: CRIMINAL JUSTICE-RELATED ETHICAL DILEMMAS -- 3. Whistleblowing: An Ethical Analysis of Police Officers’ Reporting of Misconduct by Colleagues -- 4. Morality, Motherhood and (Ex-)Prisoners’ Children -- PART III: MORAL EMOTIONS: SHAME AND GUILT -- 5. A Plea for Guilt -- 6. Taking the Long View: The Role of Shame and Guilt in Desistance -- PART IV: DESISTANCE FROM CRIME: ANALYSES IN POSITIVE AND CRITICAL MORALITY -- 7. ‘Yo, God, What Should I Do?’: Striving for Moral Consistency After Prison -- 8. Ethical Aspects of Journeys Towards Desistance by Male Young Adult Recidivists -- 9. Living Non-Criminal Lives: What Role for the State? -- Subject Index -- Name Index. edited by Anthony Bottoms and Jonathan Jacobs. Includes bibliographical references and index. Criminology Moral and ethical aspects HV6018 .C738 2023 364 9781509965328 9781509965373 2023014742 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=7279249 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=7279249 DLC 230329 20240605100200.0 23040025 eng