Constitutive Criminology: Origins, Core Concepts, and Evaluation

摘要: IN THE 12 YEARS SINCE DRAGAN MILOVANOVIC AND I FIRST FORMULATED THIS theoretical perspective, we have received numerous questions (many via e-mail) about various aspects of the theory. Interestingly, these not come predominantly from academics, but mainly undergraduate, graduate, and even high school students. In addition, there been over 25 discussions theory in journals books (for an assessment these, see Henry Milovanovic, 1999). Below will address issues raised by summarizing constitutive position offering evaluation its contribution to date. Origins Influences one sense, criminology has a long history that it draws on several well-established critical social theories, most notably symbolic interactionism, constructionism, phenomenology, ethnomethodology, structural Marxism, poststructuralism, structuration theory, semiotics review roots, Arrigo, 1997; Bak, 1999, 2000). another is part relatively recent interest chaos affirmative postmodernism. particular, complexity (Mandelbrot, 1983; Gregerson Sailer, 1993; Pickover, 1988), coupling (Luhmann, 1992; Teubner, 1993), strategic essentialism (Spivak, 1988; Jessop, 1990), relational sets (Hunt, race intersections (Matsuda et al., autopoietic systems (Teubner, 1988, Cornell, 1991), dialectical materialism (Marx, 1975; Sayer, 1979), topology (Lacan, 1961; Milovanovic Ragland, 2001; 1996c). Most recently, was born application postmodernist concepts small group criminologists whose inner circle comprises Stuart Henry, Dragan Gregg Barak, Bruce Arrigo. This primarily responsible for founding making innovations. A broader more loosely linked project includes T.R. Young, Rob Schehr, Lisa Sanchez, Vic Kappeler, James Williams, Mary Bosworth. These scholars found helpful explaining particular developments crime justice pushed new directions (see sampling their research). The outer this sympathizers who incorporated into analysis, while developing own analysis directions. There also growing body students developed research around position, including Biko Azino, Andrew Mark Faccini. Finally, are critics position. Their contributions included section at end article. narrow first emerged 1980s Henry's studies control workplace (Henry, 1985). They were considerably influenced Peter Fitzpatrick's (1984) "integral plurality" Anthony Giddens' (1979, 1984) especially Constitution Society. outlined sociolegal concerning relationship between forms action, initially defined as "integrated theory" 1983). actual term "constitutive came suggestion Christine Harrington (1988) her constructive critique 1983 work. It became motif subsequent renditions 1987a; 1987b) other work Brigham Harrington's series "After Law" (e.g., Hunt, 1993). June 1989, during chance meeting 25th Anniversary Law Society Association Madison, Wisconsin, shared similar insights. He had theories sociology law, particularly Lacanian postmoderism psychoanalytic semiotic approaches (Milovanovic, 1993a; 1993b; 1994a; 1994b; 1994c), his law prison (1988; Thomas, 1989). …