Jayne Mooney
Biographic Data
| ID | 3742355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jayne Mooney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jayne |
| FAMILY NAME | Mooney |
| SIGNATURE | MOONEY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | John Jay College of Criminal Justice |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rikers Island
New York City’s Rikers jail complex is gripped by a crisis of legitimacy. Following a series of investigations, it has been denounced as a major symbol of criminal justice dysfunction, with calls for its closure and replacement with new smaller “state of the art” jails. Yet, when it opened, Rikers was hailed as a “model” facility, at the cutting edge of prison design and prisoner rehabilitation. To elucidate the present situation, we provide a fo…
The Theoretical Foundations of Criminology
"Written from a critical perspective, this book brings criminological theory to life. It presents the core theories of criminology as historical and cultural products and theorists as producers of culture located in particular places, writing in specific historical periods and situated in precise intellectual networks and philosophical controversies. This book illustrates that theory does not arise 'out of the blue' and highlights the importance …
Violence, Space and Gender
This chapter widens the study out to explore the social and spatial parameters of violence against both women and men from known and unknown persons. It delineates the overall level of violence, the social characteristics of victims and perpetrators and its location, in terms of public and private space. This enables the testing of various hypotheses derived from the theoretical literature about the nature of violence in contemporary society. The…
New York City’s captive work force
Shadow values, shadow figures
Gender Violence and the Social Order
Gender Violence and the Social Order
Shadow values, shadow figures
Violence, Space and Gender
This chapter widens the study out to explore the social and spatial parameters of violence against both women and men from known and unknown persons. It delineates the overall level of violence, the social characteristics of victims and perpetrators and its location, in terms of public and private space. This enables the testing of various hypotheses derived from the theoretical literature about the nature of violence in contemporary society. The…
New York City’s captive work force
The Theoretical Foundations of Criminology
"Written from a critical perspective, this book brings criminological theory to life. It presents the core theories of criminology as historical and cultural products and theorists as producers of culture located in particular places, writing in specific historical periods and situated in precise intellectual networks and philosophical controversies. This book illustrates that theory does not arise 'out of the blue' and highlights the importance …
Rikers Island
New York City’s Rikers jail complex is gripped by a crisis of legitimacy. Following a series of investigations, it has been denounced as a major symbol of criminal justice dysfunction, with calls for its closure and replacement with new smaller “state of the art” jails. Yet, when it opened, Rikers was hailed as a “model” facility, at the cutting edge of prison design and prisoner rehabilitation. To elucidate the present situation, we provide a fo…
Criminology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · History (2 works)