The Palgrave Handbook of Social Harm

This handbook explores the concept of 'harm' in criminological scholarship and lays the foundation for a future zemiological agenda. 'Social harm' as a theoretical construct has become established as an alternative, broader lens through which to understand the causation and alleviation of widespread harm in society, thus moving beyond criminology and state definitions of crime and extending the range of criminological research. Applying zemiological concepts, this book comprehensively explores topics including violence, moral indifference, workplace injury, corporate and state harms, animal rights, migration, gender, poverty, security and victimisation. This definitive work covers theory, research, scholarship and future visions across four sections, and includes contributions from areas such as criminology, sociology, socio-legal and cultural studies, social policy and international relations. It offers readers up-to-date, original theoretical perspectives and an analysis of a broad range of issues from a 'social harm' perspective.  

List of contents

1. The Case For Studying Social Harm, Paul Leighton And Tanya Wyatt.- 2. Beyond Criminology?, Paddy Hillyard And Steve Tomb.- 3. Ideology And Harm, Simon Winlow, Emma Kelly And Tammy Ayers.- 4. The Assumption Of Harm, Thomas Raymen.- 5. Global Harms And The Natural Environment, Rob White.-6. On Researching Harm: An Ultra-Realist Perspective, Justin Kotze.- 7. Visual And Sensory Methodologies To Explore Environmental Harm And Victimisation, Lorenzo Natali.- 8. Documenting Harm To The Voiceless: Researching Animal Abuse, Jenny Maher.- 9. The Harms Of Industrial Food Production, Paul Leighton.- 10. Work-Based Harm, Anthony Lloyd.- 11. The Deviant Leisure Perspective: A Theoretical Introduction, Thomas Raymen And Oliver Smith.- 12. Beyond Meat? Taking Violence Against Non-Human Animals Seriously As A Form Of Social Harm, Nathan Stephens Griffin And Naomi Griffin.- 13. Crime, Harm And Justice: The Utopia Of Harm And Realising Justice In A 'Good Society', Lynne Copson.- 14. Rebuilding The Harm Principle: Using An Evolutionary Perspective To Provide A New Foundation For Justice, Ed Gibney And Tanya Wyatt.- 15. An Exploration Of Security Privatisation Dynamics Through The Lens Of Social Harm, Helena Carrapico.- 16. Looking At Crime And Deviancy In Cyberspace Through The Social Harm Lens, Anita Lavorgna.- 17 Harm And Migration, Chris Moreh.- 18. Why Social Harm Matters: Five Reasons From A Feminist Influenced Victim Perspective, Pam Davies.

About the author

Pamela Davies is Professor of Criminology in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University, UK. Pam's research focuses on gender, crime and victimization. 

Paul S. Leighton is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Criminology and Anthropology at Eastern Michigan University, USA. He is the co-author, with Jeffrey Reiman, of The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison. He is also the co-author, with Gregg Barak and Allison Cotton, of Class, Race, Gender and Crime. 

Tanya Wyatt is Professor of Criminology in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University, UK. She is a green criminologist specialising in research on wildlife trafficking, non-human animal welfare, and corruption that facilitates environmental degradation. 

Product details

Assisted by	Pamela Davies (Editor), Pau Leighton (Editor), Paul Leighton (Editor), Paul S. Leighton (Editor), Pau S Leighton (Editor), Tanya Wyatt (Editor)
Publisher	Springer, Berlin
Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	11.10.2021
EAN	9783030724078
ISBN	978-3-0-3072407-8
No. of pages	480
Dimensions	148 mm x 32 mm x 210 mm
Illustrations	XVII, 480 p. 10 illus., 5 illus. in color.
Series	Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
Subject	Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology

Product details

• Assisted by: Pamela Davies (Editor), Pau Leighton (Editor), Paul Leighton (Editor), Paul S. Leighton (Editor), Pau S Leighton (Editor), Tanya Wyatt (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2021
• EAN: 9783030724078
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3072407-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 32 mm x 210 mm
• Illustrations: XVII, 480 p. 10 illus., 5 illus. in color.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology