Shakespeare's Criminals: Criminology, Fiction, and DramaBy exploring Shakespeare's use of law and justice themes in the context of historical and contemporary criminological thinking, this book challenges criminologists to expand their spheres of inquiry to avenues that have yet to be explored or integrated into the discipline. Crime writers, including William Shakespeare, were some of the earliest investigators of the criminal mind. However, since the formalization of criminology as a discipline, citations from literary works have often been omitted, despite their interdisciplinary nature. Taking various Shakespearean plays and characters as case studies, this book opens novel theoretical avenues for conceptualizing crime and justice issues. |
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... Claudio to death for the crime of fornication . Isabella , Claudio's sister , meets with Angelo to intercede on her brother's behalf . Her presence mesmerizes Angelo ( " This virtuous maid subdues me quite " ) ( II.ii.235- 36 ) , and he ...
... Claudio's punishment except to incite fear in the minds of others . Looking at this from a contemporary viewpoint , it defies reason even to classify Claudio's conduct as criminal . Professor H. L. A. Hart's com- ments in his book ...
... Claudio's act was consensual with his fi- ancée , Escalus makes it clear that because of his father's good deeds and because it was a venial offense that even Angelo was guilty of Claudio's life should be spared . The fact that Claudio ...
Contents
Crimes and Deviance Committed by Selected | 25 |
Relationship between Criminological Theory | 59 |
7 | 67 |
Copyright | |
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