Leaving a ' Stain Upon the Silence ' 1 : critical criminology and the politics of dissent
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Nothing is less logical than to try to be too logical: nothing is more imprudent than to try to maintain theories ... if they are going to upset the order of society ... the sociologist must observe still greater circumspection, for if he puts into operation innovations of an upsetting nature he will simply succeed in demonstrating the uselessness and inefficiency of his science (Lombroso, cited in Garland, 1985: 27).
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تاریخ انتشار 2003