Converging Themes in Critical Criminology, Critical Urban Sociology and Cultural Criminology

• In Event: Theoretical Perspectives in Critical Criminology

Abstract

This paper explores the theoretical and conceptual interrelationships between three brands of critical social theory. These shared themes are used to explore the relationship between urban development, crime and city culture in Hartford, CT. The paper offers an analysis of the city's economic decline and growing urban crises that links these three brands together

Author

• Albert DiChiara, University of Hartford