ABSTRACT
Criminal justice studies addressing the intersecting categories of race, class, and gender are now regarded as important, though under-examined, domains of ideological and experiential investigation. As the theme of this book suggests, critical criminology is perhaps best suited to explore these matters of convergence, given their local sites of production. The theoretical context in which this production manifests itself is the source of considerable scrutiny for Part One of this text, Contributing to this more philosophical enterprise, the present study considers what insights, if any, the postmodern perspective offers to advance integrative studies of race, class, and gender in criminology. On this latter notion, we interpret the discipline of criminology broadly to include such areas as: law and social control; criminal justice practice; the sociology of deviance and mental illness; penology; and social problems.
