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This book proposes an explicit recognition of criminology as a moral science: a philosophically textured appreciation of the presence and role of values in peop

This book proposes an explicit recognition of criminology as a moral science: a philosophically textured appreciation of the presence and role of values in peop

Moral order is disturbed by criminal events. However, in a secularized and networked society a common moral ground is increasingly hard to find. People feel con

Political leaders and the popular press tell us that society is in the grip of a moral crisis. ‘Where have our values gone?’ our newspapers scream at us. �

Over the last twenty-five years the significance of criminal justice has dramatically changed. In a "post-modern" culture, criminal law serves more and more as