ABSTRACT
The trouble with criminology is that it cannot explain crime. And being unable to explain the phenomenon, its persistent, if diverse suggestions as how to tackle the problem, grind to a halt in a mire of recidivism, overcrowded prisons and failed experiments. Paradoxically, there has never been a period with a wider range of well written texts from each of the different criminologies which have evolved over the last century, yet this seemingly healthy debate conceals a babble of paradigms united around a shared inability to get to grips with the phenomenon of crime.
