Archived Issues of the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

Vol. 1 Issue 1 January, 2009

Editor’s Statement
By David Polizzi, Editor in Chief

Kill Method: A Provocation
By Jeff Ferrell, Texas Christian University

Quantitative versus Qualitative Methods: Understanding Why
Quantitative Methods are Predominant in Criminology and Criminal Justice
By George E. Higgins, University of Louisville

Qualitative versus Quantitative Methods: Understanding Why
Qualitative Methods are Superior for Criminology and Criminal Justice
By Richard Tewksbury, University of Louisville

Inescapable Morality: Responding to the Qualitative versus
Quantitative Issue
By Matthew R. Draper, Utah Valley University

Fear of Crime and Punishment
By Annalise Acorn, University of Alberta

Vol. 1 Issue 2 July 2009

Editor's Statement

By David Polizzi, Editor in Chief

Beyond Agency and Structure: Methodological Considerations for
Researching the Use of Restrictive Physical Intervention Against
Children in Jail

By Don Crewe PhD, Roehampton University, London

Macro-Micro Theoretical Integration: An Unexplored Theoretical Frontier

By Lisa R. Muftić, Georgia State University

Radio Frequency Identification Technology & the Risk Society: A Preliminary Review & Critique for Justice Studies

By Brian Sellers, M.S., Department of Criminology University of South Florida and Bruce A. Arrigo, Ph.D., Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Critical Discourse: Criminology and the Social Sciences

Phenomenology, Postmodernism, and Philosophical Criminology:
A Conversational Critique
By David Polizzi, Indiana State University Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, and Bruce A. Arrigo, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Vol. 2 Issue 1 January 2010

Editor’s Statement

By David Polizzi, Editor in Chief

A Foucaultian Analysis of “Tripping” on Death Row

By Sandra McGunigall-Smith, Matthew R. Draper, Kayla Birmingham, David Durtschi; Utah Valley University

The Mediated Body as the Site for Contested Agencies: MS-13 as a Case Study

By Heather Pruss, Indiana University

The Symbolic Capital of Capital Punishment: A Scholarly Reflection

By Jennifer Grimes, Indiana State University

Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim): Definition and Application
By Mark M. Lanier, PhD

The Emergence of Habitual Criminals in 19th Century Britain: Implications for Criminology
By George Pavlich, Professor of Law and Sociology, University of Alberta

Vol. 2 Issue 2 July 2010

Editor’s Statement
By David Polizzi, Editor in Chief

The Interstitial And Creativity: Bergson And Fitzpatrick On The Emergence Of Law
By Ronnie Lippens, Keele University, UK

Power: The Supposed Definitions Revisited
By Dr Don Crewe, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Wrongful Incarceration: A Foucauldian Analysis
By Eric Dunning, University Of Alabama

A “Morphological Sphinx”: On The Silence Of The Assassin Leon Czolgosz
By Cary Federman, Montclair State University

In Search Of The Human In The Shadows Of Correctional Practice: A Theoretical Reflection
David Polizzi, Indiana State University
Shadd Maruna, Queen's University, Belfast

Vol. 1 Special Edition 3 December 2010

Editor’s Statement

By David Polizzi, Editor in Chief

Arguing the 8th Amendment for the Mentally Ill: Can Aristotle Help?
By Annalise Acorn, University of Alberta

Inmate Mental Health, Solitary Confinement, And Cruel And Unusual Punishment: An Ethical And Justice Policy Inquiry
By Heather Y. Bersot, M.S., UNC Charlotte and
By Bruce A. Arrigo, Ph.D.*, UNC Charlotte

Commentary on “Inmate Mental Health, Solitary Confinement, And Cruel And Unusual Punishment: An Ethical And Justice Policy Inquiry”
By Terry A. Kupers, M.D., M.S.P.

Care for Convicts
By Lois Presser, The University of Tennessee and
By Beth Easterling, The University of Tennessee

Dignity, Virtue, and Punishment: The Ethical Justification of Disciplinary Segregation in Prisoners
By Tony Ward Victoria University of Wellington

Vol. 3 Issue 1 January 2011

Editor’s Statement
By David Polizzi, Editor in Chief

Justice-Rendering Schemas: A Typology for Forms of Justice and a Prolegomenon for Transformative Justice
By Dragan Milovanovic, Justice Studies Department, Northeastern Illinois University

Democratic Criminology: The Place of Criminological Expertise in the Public Sphere
By Aaron Fichtelberg and Aaron Kupchik, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware

Filling in the Gaps in Culture-Based Theories of Organizational Crime
By Adam Trahan, University of North Texas, Department of Criminal Justice

Knowledge Reifying Force-Intention-Harm K(F+I+H): The Nature and Structure of Crime: A Multidimensional Theoretical Model
By Ehor Boyanowsky & Jonathan Yasayko, Simon Fraser University

Inmate Mental Health, Solitary Confinement, and Cruel and Unusual Punishment: A Preliminary Response To Commentators
By Heather Y. Bersot, M.S., and By Bruce A. Arrigo, Ph.D.*, UNC Charlotte

Book Review: "Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race" (George Yancy)
By David Polizzi, Ph.D., Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice Indiana State University

Book Review: "Been a Heavy Life: Stories of Violent Men" (Lois Presser)
By Laura King

Book Review: "Criminology: An Integrated Approach" (Gregg Barak)
By Joshua Smallridge

Book Review: "A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Criminology." (Ronnie Lippens)
By Tyler Wall

Vol. 3 Issue 2 August 2011

Editor’s Statement
By David Polizzi, Editor in Chief, Associate Professor Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice Indiana State University

Liberated Voices: Juvenile Offenders’ Perceptions of the Therapeutic Relationship
By John S. Ryals, Jr., Department of Juvenile Services, Jefferson Parish, LA

Is Capital Punishment Just? Assessing the Death Penalty Using Justice Theory
By Matthew Robinson, Government & Justice Studies, Appalachian State University

Book Review: Essential Criminology 3rd Edition
By Roger Schafer, Washington State University

Special Feature: Student Articles

Guest Editor, Roger Schaefer, Washington State University

Guest Associate Editor, Heather Pruss, Indaina University Guest Editor's Statement
By Roger Schaefer, Washington State University, Criminal Justice Program

Understanding Others’ Experience: Phenomenology and/Beyond Violence
By Joshua Freistadt, University of Alberta

Redefining Genocide: The International Criminal Court’s Failure to Indict on the Darfur Situation
By Simeon Sungi, Indiana University

Conflict In Darfur: Calculation And Inadequate International Response
By Bob Zaremba, Eastern Michigan University

Vol. 4 Special Edition, January 2012

Special Edition Topic:
Does Evolutionary Psychology Have a Place in Criminology?

Editor’s Statement
By David Polizzi, Editor in Chief, Associate Professor Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice Indiana State University

Featured Article:

The Role of Evolutionary Explanations in Criminology
By Russil Durrant, Victoria University of Wellington & Tony Ward, Deakin University

Commentary:

Barak Responds to Durrant and Ward on Evolution and Crime
Gregg Barak, Eastern Michigan University

Once More into the Breach: Revisiting the Metaphor of Mechanism in Evolutionary Psychological Explanations
By Edwin E. Gantt & Jeffrey L. Thayne, Brigham Young University

Expanding Our Thinking on Theorizing Criminology and Criminal Justice? The Place of Evolutionary Perspectives in Integrative Criminological Theory
By Stuart Henry, San Diego State University

The Evolutionary Psychology of Crime
By David M. Buss, University of Texas, Austin

Vol. 4 Issue 1 January 2012

Social Control on Public Buses
By David Patrick Connor & Richard Tewksbury, University of Louisville

Future Scholars: Student Papers:

WikiLeaks and Realpolitik
By Kevin F. Steinmetz, Sam Houston State University