Full Description
This book examines the rise of financial totalitarianism and its profound implications for criminal justice and criminological theory. It explores how the concentration of wealth and social exclusion, driven by corporate CEOs, has altered the role of politics in shaping criminal justice systems. The text argues that these shifts have given rise to a dystopian criminology, marked by a focus on total security, extreme prevention, zero tolerance policies, and pervasive surveillance. It critically assesses how these developments contribute to the criminalization of dissent, foster societal fears of outsiders, and institutionalize ethnic and cultural discrimination, all while maintaining a façade of administrative control. Drawing on historical and contemporary analysis, the book offers a framework for rethinking criminology in the context of financial and political power, advocating for a more critical approach to understanding crime, punishment, and justice in an increasingly unequal world.
Contents
Chapter 1. The Criminal Issue in Time and Space.- Chapter 2. Two Urgent Questions and Their Indispensable Answers.- Chapter 3. What Changed in Power?.- Chapter 4. From Where to Criticize the Reality of Power?.- Chapter 5. The Neoliberal Ideology Is Not Liberal and Is False.- Chapter 6. Accidents and Tactics of the Emptying of Politics.- Chapter 7. The Nature of the Activity of Financial Totalitarianism.- Chapter 8. The Massive Injury of Legal Goods as a Result of Financial Macro-Criminality .- Chapter 9. Selective Peculiarities of Punitive Social Control in Late Colonialism.- Chapter 10. Media Manipulation and Reality Creation.- Chapter 11. The Reproduction of Violence, Selectivity and Weakening of the States.- Chapter 12. The Totalitarian Control of Surveillance and Determination of Behaviors.- Chapter 13. The Technological Potential of Totalitarian Control.- Chapter 14. New Etiology and Paths of Utopia?.- Chapter 15. Challenges in the Struggle and Possible Perspectives.
