A Sociology of Crime

The authors take three particular sociological perspectives, and use them to offer a distinct and critical reading of criminology, highlighting the ways that crime is, first and foremost, a matter of social definition. They provide a good introductory text which will be of great value to students.

List of contents

Preface 1 Sociology and crime 2 Constructing criminal law 3 Criminalization and domination 4 Ethnomethodology's law 5 Policing as symbolic interaction 6 The ethnomethodology of policing 7 The political economy of policing 8 Discipline, domination and criminal justice 9 Justice and symbolic interaction 10 Ethnomethodology in court 11 Crime and punishment 12 The functions of crime control

About the author

Peter Eglin, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada; Stephen Hester, University of Wales, Bangor.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Eglin, Eglin Peter, Stephen Hester
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.08.1992
• EAN: 9780415073707
• ISBN: 978-0-415-07370-7
• No. of pages: 316
• Weight: 420 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, Society and culture: general, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology