{"id":819,"date":"2018-05-15T19:25:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T18:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/?p=819"},"modified":"2018-05-15T19:25:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T18:25:30","slug":"an-ode-to-critical-criminology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/05\/an-ode-to-critical-criminology\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ode to Critical Criminology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It helps to know &#8216;critical criminology&#8217; has its roots in Marxian theory.\u00a0 It argues social harm\u2014whether by individuals, corporations or states\u2014is a better measure of criminality that simple violations of the law by individuals.\u00a0 I am currently revising the subject and trying to forget my physical science definition of &#8216;theory&#8217; and instead try to grasp the social science theories, concepts and themes of the module.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Ode to Critical Criminology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d come to a conclusion:<br \/>\nTo eliminate confusion<br \/>\nBy dividing up the jargon<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll win through.<\/p>\n<p>To aid in my revision<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll devise a clear division<br \/>\nTwixt module themes and theories,<br \/>\nConcepts too.<\/p>\n<p>Although I am no sluggard<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll be rightly buggered<br \/>\nIf I can tell the difference.<br \/>\nWhat shall I do?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried asking my tutor<br \/>\nAnd searching my computer<br \/>\nBut I cannot find the answer<br \/>\nHow &#8217;bout you?<\/p>\n<p>I dream of schemes to manage themes,<br \/>\nIt seems I&#8217;ll scream without a gleam of<br \/>\nInsight to this shite that&#8217;s driving me insane.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so weary of ruddy theory.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s so dreary it makes me teary.<br \/>\nI cannot fight it \u2013 doing so is all in vain.<\/p>\n<p>I have not slept, for this concept,<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t accept, it has side-stepped<br \/>\nMy mind. Oh, Jesus wept!<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s all a farce.<\/p>\n<p>With authors we must remember<br \/>\nWhen I&#8217;d rather just dismember<br \/>\nThe sodding lot and stick it up<br \/>\nKarl Marx&#8217;s arse!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It helps to know &#8216;critical criminology&#8217; has its roots in Marxian theory.\u00a0 It argues social harm\u2014whether by individuals, corporations or states\u2014is a better measure of criminality that simple violations of the law by individuals.\u00a0 I am currently revising the subject &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/05\/an-ode-to-critical-criminology\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280,181,279],"tags":[282,183,281],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-critical-criminology","category-degree","category-doggerel","tag-critical-criminology","tag-degree","tag-doggerel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":820,"href":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}