The French Connection in Criminology: Rediscovering Crime, Law, and Social Change -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Establishing the First Wave: The Linguistic Turn in Social Theory -- 2. Sustaining the First Wave: More on the Liniguistic Turn in Social Theory -- 3. The Second Wave: Interpreting the Past, Building the Present, and Looking Toward the Future -- 4. Confinement Law and Prison Resistance:Applications in Critical Penology -- 5. Critical Race Theory and Postmodern Analysis: Strength in Dialectical Unity -- 6. Cinema and Literary Texts, Différance, and Social Justice Studies -- 7. Restorative Justice and Victim Offender Mediation: Towards a Transformative Praxis -- 8. Social Movements as Nonlinearity: On Innocence Projects and Intentional Communities -- CONCLUSION: Back to the Future:Rediscovering Crime, Law, and Social Change -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. ESTABLISHING THE FIRST WAVE -- 2. SUSTAINING THE FIRST WAVE -- 3. THE SECOND WAVE: INTERPRETING THE PAST -- 4. CONFINEMENT LAW AND PRISON RESISTENCE -- 5. CRITICAL RACE THEORY . . . -- 6. CINEMA AND LITERARY TEXTS . . . -- 7. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND VICTIM OFFENDER . . . -- 8. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND NONLINEARITY . . . -- CONCLUSION: BACK TO THE FUTURE -- Bibliography -- CASES CITED -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.