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False Starts, Wrong Turns and Dead Ends: Reflections on Recent Developments in Criminology
The nature and direction of criminology has changed significantly over the past two decades. The subject area has also grown exponentially and become more diverse. New fields of inquiry are opening up as new issues are added to the criminological agenda. However, at the same time there are some unwelcome developments in the discipline that impact on the orientation of the subject and which detract from its overall viability and standing. The aim of this paper is to identify these unwelcome trends in order to contribute to the development of a more critical and coherent criminology
Doing Good Science without Sacrificing Good Values: Why the Heuristic Paradigm is the Best Choice for Social Work
Psychological Terms, Logical Positivism, and Realism: Issues Related to Construct Validation
Trends Transforming the Universities of This Century: Virtualize, Disappear, or Transform
Rethinking Psychosocial Constructs: Reply to Comments by Barrett, Kagan, and Maraun and Peters
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