2. Criminalization: Historical, legal, and criminological perspectives

Lacey, Nicola ORCID: 0009-0006-6488-0918 and Zedner, Lucia (2023) 2. Criminalization: Historical, legal, and criminological perspectives. In: The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Oxford University Press, pp. 53-74. ISBN 9780198860914

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Abstract

This chapter examines the relationship between legal and criminological constructions of crime and explores how these have changed over time. The chapter sets out the conceptual framework of criminalization within which the two dominant constructions of crime—legal and criminological—are situated. It considers their respective contributions and the close relationship between criminal law and criminal justice. Using the framework of criminalization, the chapter considers the historical contingency of crime by examining its development over the past 300 years. It analyses the normative building blocks of contemporary criminal law to explain how crime is constructed in England and Wales today and it explores some of the most important recent developments in formal criminalization in England and Wales, not least the shifting boundaries and striking expansion of criminal liability. Finally, it considers the valuable contributions made by criminology to understanding the scope of, and limits on, criminalization.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Law
Subjects:	K Law H Social Sciences
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2024 15:39
Last Modified:	15 Oct 2024 15:39
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125772

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