Obitary, Kauko Aromaa (1943-2019), Criminologist by Tapio Lappi-Seppälä, Natalia Ollus

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Entre libéralisme et progressisme : l’influence d’Adolphe Prins (1845-1919) dans la théorisation de la défense sociale et la construction de la protection de l’enfance en Belgique... by Sylvain Wagnon

“…Adolphe Prins was an acamedic, criminal lawyer, criminologist, inspector general of prisons, who was the initiator of judicial reforms on child protection. …”
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Filles victimes, filles vicieuses, filles dangereuses by Hélène Duffuler-Vialle

“…His study serves to justify and reinforce regulation and leaves aside the image of the "victim", however spearheading abolitionism in the public debate, an image that will officially supplant that of the vicious girl after the Second World War, while remaining topical in stereotypes about prostitution.The ambiguities and paradoxes noted in the discourses of the public authority (legislator, judge and criminologist) show that the minor prostitute is clearly a deviant "bad girl", even a delinquent one. …”
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Advancing feminist understandings of woman abuse: the value of old wine in new bottles by Walter S. DeKeesredy

“…Despite making some of the most important advances in the social scientific study of woman abuse, feminist sociological research and theorizing that prioritize the concept of patriarchy have leveled off or declined in the last 15 years due, in large part, to the current hegemony of mainstream criminologists fundamentally opposed to a rich gendered understanding of one of the world's most compelling social problems. …”
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La rencontre entre les délinquants et les pédés [1961] by Albert J. Reiss

“…Discussion of these findings with criminologists in Denmark and Sweden and exploratory investigations in several larger American cities, however, suggest that the description and explanation offered in this paper will hold for other American cities and for some other social systems.…”
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Mendiants, vagabonds et la contagion du crime en France : des représentations aux réalités sociales (1789-1914) by Antony Kitts

“…Faced with this "army of crime", experts of all kinds - alienists, doctors, psychiatrists, criminologists, magistrates, police officers and journalists - took up this burning social issue in a climate of insecurity and collective psychosis. …”
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“An Enormous Amount of Human Waste”: Self-esteem, Capitalism, and the US Prison, 1973-1989 by Anaïs Lefèvre

“…Using articles from major newspapers, transcripts of congressional hearings, political speeches, and publications by prison administrators and criminologists, this article argues that the “self-esteem” concept was exploited by prison administrators to present rehabilitation and labor programs as legitimate and efficient. …”
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Un roman néo-gothique : The Three Impostors d’Arthur Machen (1895) by Claire Wrobel

“…The contemporary threats of New Women and democratization are casually brushed aside, but Machen fully draws upon the anxiety generated by the possibility of reversion opened up by the theory of evolution and explored by anthropologists and criminologists. Moreover, he breaks the original systematic association of « Gothic » and « barbaric » with « medieval » in order to include the refined cruelties and mysteries of pagan rites in his abject visions. …”
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Att anmäla våld by Malin Åkerström

“…The inherent weakness of such data is widely acknowledged among criminologists; they rest on the practice of reporting events to a public agency. …”
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The impact of economic, social and health crises on victims of domestic violence by Andrea Domokos

“…There have been and are ongoing conflicts in the world, which have been scrutinised by economists, sociologists, criminologists, health professionals and lawyers alike in recent years. …”
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