Chronocentrism and British criminology
| Title | Chronocentrism and British criminology |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Author | Rock, P. |
| Journal | British Journal of Sociology |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Number of pages | 473-491 |
| Publication Date | Sep |
| Article type | Article |
| ISBN Number | 0007-1315 |
| Keywords | chronocentrism, citation research, sociology of knowledge |
| Abstract | Criminologists display a largely unexamined propensity to ignore writings that are more than fifteen or so years old, with evident consequences for the public presentation and validation of expert knowledge. A citation study was combined with detailed observations from British criminologists to ascertain quite how that disavowal of the past was accomplished. |
| Alternate title | Br. J. Sociol. |
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