Dr. Rita Shah (Elizabethtown College) discusses “law and order,” the nature of crime, and the emerging field known as critical criminology. Shah is winner of the 2016 Praxis Award from the ASC’s Division on Critical Criminology.

Interview by Richard Newton

Production assistance by Maya Aphornsuvan

Bibliography

Dino Felluga, “Modules on Althusser: On Ideology.” Introductory Guide to Critical Theory. July 17, 2002. Purdue University. (last accessed November 17, 2016).

ASC Division on Critical Criminology.

Matthew Kuraska, “The Stereotype of Criminal Blackness,” Sowing the Seed, April 25, 2016.

David Redmon, Cultural Criminology, University of Kent.

Rita Shah, Dr. Rita Shah: Live, Learn, Research–with links to her published works and projects.

Emily Soltys, “Mediating Perceptions of Race and Criminal Justice in America,” Sowing the Seed, May 16, 2016.

Brad Stoddard, “Fear, Florida, and Faith-Based Prison.” Sowing the Seed, October 24, 2016

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