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Apprehending the Criminal : The Production of Deviance in Nineteenth Century Discourse
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leps, Marie-Christine.
- Leps, Marie-Christine, Author.
- Series:
- Post-contemporary interventions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime in mass media--History--19th century.
- Criminology--History--20th century.
- Discourse analysis.
- Discourse analysis--History--19th century.
- Crime in mass media--History--20th century.
- Crime in mass media.
- Criminology.
- Local Subjects:
- Crime in mass media--History--19th century.
- Criminology--History--20th century.
- Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this wide-ranging analysis, Marie-Christine Leps traces the production and circulation of knowledge about the criminal in nineteenth-century discourse, and shows how the delineation of deviance served to construct cultural norms. She demonstrates how the apprehension of crime and criminals was an important factor in the establishment of such key institutions as national systems of education, a cheap daily press, and various welfare measures designed to fight the spread of criminality.Leps focuses on three discursive practices: the emergence of criminology, the development of a mass-produced
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Criminology; Chapter 1. Preconditions of Emergence: Crime and Criminality; Chapter 2. Conditions of Emergence: Stakes and Positioning; Chapter 3. Textual Construction: The Production of Scientific Truths; Part II. The Press; Chapter 4. Preconditions of Emergence: Rising Mass Literacy; Chapter 5. Conditions of Emergence: Running the Show; Chapter 6. Textual Construction: Producing Information; Part III. Literature; Chapter 7. Preconditions of Emergence: The Promise of National Literatures
- Chapter 8. Conditions of Emergence: Disciplinary LimitsChapter 9. Textual Construction: Truth-Producing Fiction; Conclusion; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Jan 2021)
- ISBN:
- 9780822399612
- 082239961X
- OCLC:
- 1229161043
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