Background
Lynch, Michael Joseph was born on May 16, 1958 in Manchester, Connecticut, United States. Son of Vincent DePaul and Vivian T. Lynch.
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A Primer in Radical Criminology (A Harrow and Heston special edge supplementary text)
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Substantially revised and expanded edition of the original text. There is no other in text that explains so clearly and succinctly the essential elements of radical criminology... The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology said of the First Edition: ''...remarkably comprehensive and thorough in its coverage of radical, as well as much 'traditional' literature...'
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Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice 2nd edition by Michael J. Lynch, Ronald G. Burns, Paul Stretesky (2014) Paperback
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Big Prisons, Big Dreams: Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System (Critical Issues in Crime and Society) by Lynch, Professor Michael (2007) Paperback
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Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice by Ronald G. Burns, Michael J. Lynch, Paul Stretesky (2008) Paperback
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Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice
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This second edition provides data documenting trends in pollution and environmental enforcement. Integrates recent developments in green criminology to analyze harms associated with air, land, and water pollution, and inclusion of new topics such as climate change and the role of powerful actors and civil society in shaping environmental law. It remains a timely appraisal of environmental policing, contemporary environmental law, environmental policy, and environmental justice, blending together areas that are often treated or studied individually or in isolation from one another. Designed for classroom use, Environmental Law, Crime and Justice exposes readers to the variety of issues that are important in reducing environmental crime. The text illustrates the serious nature of emerging environmental problems and demonstrates how students can become involved in studying environmental crime, law and justice.
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Primer in Radical Criminology: Critical Perspectives on Crime, Power and Identity, Fourth Edition (Criminal Justice Press Project)
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This acclaimed textbook insightfully frames the problem of crime in relation to class, race, gender, culture, and history.
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Radical and Marxist Theories of Crime (The Library of Essays in Theoretical Criminology)
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The essays selected for this volume show how radical and Marxist criminology has established itself as an influential critique since it emerged in the late 1960s. Unlike orthodox criminology which emphasizes individual level explanations of criminal behavior, radical and Marxist criminology emphasizes power inequality and structures, especially those related to class, as key factors in crime, law and justice. This collection of essays draws attention to the way in which structural forces shape and influence both individual and institutional (for example, governmental) behavior; highlights neglected crime (corporate, governmental, state-corporate and environmental) which causes more extensive damage than the street crimes examined by orthodox criminology; and, discusses the ways in which law and criminal justice processes reinforce power structures and contribute to class control.
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Corporate Crime Corporate Violence: A Primer (A Harrow and Heston Special Edge Supplementary Text)
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This is a revised and extended edition of the popular Crimes Against Health and Safety, published under a new title. This classic dissects the popular myths promoted by traditional criminology, and uncovers who the real criminals are, and the extent of their dreadful crimes. PUBCOMMENTS If you're fed up with white collar crime, corporate arrogance and greed, then this book is for you. Makes a provocative text for upper division undergraduate courses on the Nature of Crime and its Control. Never fails to invoke animated discussion in graduate classes.
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Big Prisons, Big Dreams: Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System (Critical Issues in Crime and Society)
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The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. This doesn't surprise Michael J. Lynch, a critical criminologist, who argues that our oversized prison system is a product of our consumer culture, the public's inaccurate beliefs about controlling crime, and the government's criminalizing of the poor. While deterrence and incapacitation theories suggest that imprisoning more criminals and punishing them leads to a reduction in crime, case studies, such as one focusing on the New York City jail system between 1993 and 2003, show that a reduction in crime is unrelated to the size of jail populations. Although we are locking away more people, Lynch explains that we are not targeting the worst offenders. Prison populations are comprised of the poor, and many are incarcerated for relatively minor robberies and violence. America's prison expansion focused on this group to the exclusion of corporate and white collar offenders who create hazardous workplace and environmental conditions that lead to deaths and injuries, and enormous economic crimes. If America truly wants to reduce crime, Lynch urges readers to rethink cultural values that equate bigger with better.
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The New Primer in Radical Criminology: Critical Perspectives on Crime, Power and Identity
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Great book on radical criminological theory!
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Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice
(Environmental harms associated with pollution of the air,...)
Environmental harms associated with pollution of the air, land, and water kill and injure more people than street crime on an annual and daily basis. Financially, the losses associated with environmental damage are enormous. Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice addresses these issues through providing an introduction to the study of environmental issues pertinent to the study of environmental crime, contemporary environmental law, environmental policy, and environmental justice. This timely book blends together areas that are often treated or studied individually or in isolation from one another. Designed for classroom use, Environmental Law, Crim,e and Justice exposes readers to the variety of issues involved in the study of environmental law, crime and justice; illustrates the serious nature of these problems; and demonstrates how readers can and should become involved in studying environmental crime, law and justice. The book offers an important step toward preventing further environmental destruction.
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Michael Joseph Lynch
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, St. John's University, Queens, New York, 1980. Master of Arts, St. John's University, Queens, New York, 1982. Master of Arts, State University of New York, Albany, 1988.
Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Albany, 1988.
Career
Assistant professor Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York, 1987—1988, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1988—1992, associate professor, 1992—1997, University South Florida, Tampa, 1997—2001, director Doctor of Philosophy program in criminology, 1997—2003, professor, since 2001. Presenter in field; faculty member Department of Criminology and School Global Sustainability, University South Florida. Series editor Green Criminology, Ashgate, since 2010.
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Radical and Marxist Theories of Crime (The Library of Essays in Theoretical Criminology)
(The essays selected for this volume show how radical and ...)
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Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice
(Environmental harms associated with pollution of the air,...)
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Primer in Radical Criminology: Critical Perspectives on Crime, Power and Identity, Fourth Edition (Criminal Justice Press Project)
(This acclaimed textbook insightfully frames the problem o...)
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Big Prisons, Big Dreams: Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System (Critical Issues in Crime and Society)
( The American prison system has grown tenfold since the ...)
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Corporate Crime Corporate Violence: A Primer (A Harrow and Heston Special Edge Supplementary Text)
(This is a revised and extended edition of the popular Cri...)
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Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice
(This second edition provides data documenting trends in p...)
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A Primer in Radical Criminology (A Harrow and Heston special edge supplementary text)
(Substantially revised and expanded edition of the origina...)
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The New Primer in Radical Criminology: Critical Perspectives on Crime, Power and Identity
(Great book on radical criminological theory!)
- Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice 2nd edition by Michael J. Lynch, Ronald G. Burns, Paul Stretesky (2014) Paperback
- Big Prisons, Big Dreams: Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System (Critical Issues in Crime and Society) by Lynch, Professor Michael (2007) Paperback
- Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice by Ronald G. Burns, Michael J. Lynch, Paul Stretesky (2008) Paperback
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Radical and Marxist Theories of Crime (The Library of Essays in Theoretical Criminology)
Membership
Member of American Society Criminology, Society Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, Union Radical Political Economists, Union Concerned Scientists.
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Married Elizabeth Sarah Cass, June 18, 1988. 1 child Vincent Thomas.
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Green Party
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Recipient William R. Jones Most Valuable Mentor award, McKnight/Florida Endowment Fund Higher Education, 1992-1993, Outstanding Contribution to Marxist Sociology, American Sociological Association, Division Marxist Sociology, 1994, Teaching Incentive Program award, Florida State University, 1994-1995, Elliot Lumbard award for academy excellence, State University of New York School Criminal Justice, 1988.Recipient William R. Jones Most Valuable Mentor award, McKnight/Florida Endowment Fund Higher Education, 1992-1993, Outstanding Contribution to Marxist Sociology, American Sociological Association, Division Marxist Sociology, 1994, Teaching Incentive Program award, Florida State University, 1994-1995, Elliot Lumbard award for academy excellence, State University of New York School Criminal Justice, 1988.