Violent Night - Urban Leisure and Contemporary Culture

Why do our night-time cities seem to mix pleasure with violence? This is the time and place when cities are taken over by young men in search of alcohol, drugs, another club or a fight. Current public policy has patently failed to keep on top of the new trends in both consumption and destruction which make urban centres simultaneously seductive and dangerous. Violent Night uses powerful insider accounts to uncover the underlying causes and meanings of violence. Interviews with the police, the perpetrators and the victims of violence reveal the complex emotions that surround both the perpetration and resolution of crime. Violent Night shows that a new approach is needed to successfully rehabilitate a culture struggling and failing to deal with nihilism and escalating hostility.>

About the author

Simon Winlow is Lecturer in Sociology, University of York.Steve Hall is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Northumbria University.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Hall, Steve Winlow Hall, Simon Winlow, Winlow Simon
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2006
• EAN: 9781845201647
• ISBN: 978-1-84520-164-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Violence in society, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Violence and abuse in society