A philosophy of the social construction of crime / David Polizzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polizzi, David, author.

Series:

Policy Press shorts. Insights

Shorts insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology.

Crime.

Medical Subjects:

Criminology.

Physical Description:

iii, 97 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.

Summary:

It is well known that the social definition of includes and ethnic groups helps legitimize how they are addressed by law enforcement. The philosophy of the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour reflects how individuals, such as police officers, construct meaning from the perspective form which they emerge, which in turn influences their law enforcement outlook. In the field, this is generally viewed through a positivist frame of reference which fails to critically examine assumptions of approach and practice. Written by an international specialist in this area is the first book which attempts to situate the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour within the philosophical context of phenomenology and how these constructions help inform, and ultimately justify, the policies employed to address them challenging existing thinking this is essential reading for academics and students interested in social theory and theories of criminology. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Phenomenology, social construction, and criminality: Some beginning observations 1

2 The phenomenology of the social construction of crime: Social context and structural realities, and the meaning of being 29

3 The social construction of criminal behavior: Toward a phenomenology of strain 53

4 Some closing reflections 75.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-92) and index).

ISBN:

1447327322

9781447327325

OCLC:

932381947