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This article seeks to outline a contemporary anthropological approach to crime and criminalization, an "anthropological criminology 2.0". This is an anthropological criminology which distances the subfield from its social Darwinist connotations and instead etches itself clearly onto a social and political anthropological tradition. In doing so, the article moves from Malinowski's initial functionalist and localist approach to present-day political and global orientations. It offers five distinct propositions for anthropological criminology to engage with in future: Five propositions, which we believe to be essential for future anthropological studies of crime and criminalization. With these as guidelines, our hope is to fully revive a much-needed dialogue between criminology and anthropology. As we shall see, anthropological and ethnographic insights are currently in demand as global, yet poorly understood, forms of crime are developing alongside ever more crude and amplified reactions to them.

Die Arbeit sucht nach Kriterien, die den Vergleich von und die Wahl zwischen kriminologischen Theorien ermöglichen. Ausgangpunkt ist die merkwürdige Lage der deutschen kritischen Kriminologie. Kapitel 1 diskutiert den Positivismusstreit und seine Konsequenzen für die Kriminologie. Kapitel 2 widmet sich der Paradigmendebatte. Kapitel 3 und 4 setzen sich mit den Mainstream-Theorien - sowohl konventionellen wie auch kritischen - auseinander. Die Schlussbemerkungen (Kapitel 5) behandeln ethische, politische und epistemologische Standards der kriminologischen Theoriebildung und Forschung. Die Arbeit ist kein voreingenommenes pro domo für die kritische Kriminologie, sondern eine relativ kühle Betrachtung der gegenwärtigen Theorien. Sie zielt nicht auf eine Lösung von deren Problemen ab, sondern nur auf den Nachweis, dass kritische Kriminologie, wissenschaftstheoretisch betrachtet, nicht aus dem Spiel ist, sondern eine realistischere und legiti-miertere Alternative zum Mainstream. Diese Alternative stellt sich selbst – auf der Grundlage von Bruno Latour und Steve Fuller - als Teil einer umfassenden sozialen Kritik dar, die aber deswegen nicht weniger wissenschaftlich ist. Kritische Sozialtheoretiker streben nach Theorien, die Erklärung und Kritik verbinden können und deswegen nach Theorien, die sowohl normative als auch erklärende Eigenschaften beinhalten. Sie schließt sich nicht dem Chorus des "sterilen Selbstmitleids desillusionierter Ministranten" an, sondern versucht, mit wissen-schaftstheoretischen Mitteln zu zeigen, dass man sich für die kritische Kriminologie rational entscheiden kann. ; Starting point of the argument is the peculiar situation of German criminology. The dissertation is dedicated to the search for criteria within the realm of the theory of science that would make it possible to make an informed choice between different criminological theories. The main study object, therefore, are the respective patterns used to legitimate various conventional and critical criminological theories. The first chapter discusses the famous "Positivismusstreit" and its consequences for criminological theory. The second chapter takes a look at Kuhn's theory of paradigms and again, at consequences for criminology. The next chapters are discussing the mainstream theories in conventional and critical criminology. The work is not a pro domo for critical criminology, but a quite realistic consideration of the epistemological standards of criminology and of its legitimising patterns. In the light of theory of science and taking into consideration the peculiarities of criminology as a cultural phenomenon, there are good reasons for considering critical criminological approaches to be a more suitable way of coping with the cultural phenomena of crime and criminalisation.

Psychosocial Criminology sheds new light on explanations of crime. It demonstrates how a psychosocial approach can illuminate the causes of particular crimes, challenging readers to re-think the similarities and differences between themselves and those involved in crime. The book critiques existing psychological and sociological concepts before outlining a more adequate understanding of the criminal offender. It sheds new light on a series of crimes - rape, serial murder, racist violence, 'jack-rolling' (mugging of drunks), domestic violence - and contemporary criminological issues such as fea

This collection of essays, published to mark the 20th anniversary of Realistic Evaluation, celebrates the work of Professor Nick Tilley and his significant influence on the fields of policing, crime reduction and evaluation. With contributions from colleagues, co-authors and former students, many of whom are leading scholars in their own right, the thirteen essays which make up this volume contain both personal reflections and analysis of the prominent topics in Professor Tilley's forty years of scholarship.