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What can social theory really teach us about crime in the world today? This book gives an overview of key theoretical debates alongside explanations of cutting edge research to show how abstract thought relates to everyday experience. Looking at global crime to street crime, it brings together the most significant work on crime and social theory.
List of contents
Introduction
1. Formative Positions
2. Sociological Traditions
3. Transgression
4. Control
5.Geography
6. Representation
Conclusion.
About the author
Eamonn Carrabine is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex. His books include
Crime in Modern Britain (co-authored, 2002),
Power, Discourse and Resistance: A Genealogy of the Strangeways Prison Riot (2004), and
Crime, Culture and the Media (2008), while his co-authored textbook
Criminology: A Sociological Introduction is now in its third edition.
Eamonn Carrabine is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex. His books include
Crime in Modern Britain (co-authored, 2002),
Power, Discourse and Resistance: A Genealogy of the Strangeways Prison Riot (2004), and
Crime, Culture and the Media (2008), while his co-authored textbook
Criminology: A Sociological Introduction is now in its third edition.
Summary
What can social theory really teach us about crime in the world today? This book gives an overview of key theoretical debates alongside explanations of cutting edge research to show how abstract thought relates to everyday experience. Looking at global crime to street crime, it brings together the most significant work on crime and social theory.
