Keywords in Criminology - A Cultural Dictionary

Taking inspiration from the classic text by Raymond Williams, Keywords in Criminology reflects on the language used by criminologists and offers a one-stop guide to core concepts in the discipline. Written for the budding Criminology student, it offers a specialized but plain dictionary for a specialized discipline.

List of contents

Foreword Age of Reason Anomie Art Borders Casanova Conflict Crowds Defunding Dirty Collar Crime Ethnicity Evil Excrements Fallism Harm, beauty and pleasure I am drugs Interactions and labeling Killing women Legalization Lombroso Narratives and performances Organized crime Pandemics Power crime Pre-crime Prevention and degrowth Prisons Religion Reparation Resistance Shame Silence South States Sun Tzu and business Technology Terror Thrills Utopia Victims War Weapons

About the author

Vincenzo Ruggiero was Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University, UK.

Summary

Taking inspiration from the classic text by Raymond Williams, Keywords in Criminology reflects on the language used by criminologists and offers a one-stop guide to core concepts in the discipline. Written for the budding Criminology student, it offers a specialized but plain dictionary for a specialized discipline.

Product details

• Authors: VINCENZO RUGGIERO, Vincenzo (Middlesex University Ruggiero, Ruggiero Vincenzo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032579733
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257973-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Reference, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, Reference works, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminology: legal aspects