Questioning Crime and Criminology

Informationen zum Autor Peelo, Moira; Soothill, Keith Zusammenfassung Designed specifically for criminology students, this book takes them to the heart of the contradictions, confusions and blurred boundaries around the subject of crime, about what crime is, about social regulation and control, and about social responsibility. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: crime is exciting but what of criminology? 1. Capturing criminology 2. Crime and the media: public narratives and private consumption 3. Racing to conclusions: thinking sociologically about police race relations 4. Inequality and crime 5. Burning issues: fire, carnival and crime 6. Drugs and society 7. Explaining changing patterns of crime 8. Everyday surveillance: personal data and social classifications Conclusions

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Moira (Lancaster University Peelo, Moira Soothill Peelo
• Mitarbeit: Moira Peelo (Herausgeber), Peelo Moira (Herausgeber), Keith Soothill (Herausgeber), Soothill Keith (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.05.2005
• EAN: 9781843921271
• ISBN: 978-1-84392-127-1
• Seiten: 192
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht, Kriminologie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology