Questioning crime and criminology / edited by Moira Peelo and Keith Soothill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peelo, Moira T.

Soothill, Keith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime.

Criminology.

Crime--Great Britain.

Criminology--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Place of Publication:

Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon ; Portland Or. : Willan Pub., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a text for criminology students designed to take them to the heart of the contradictions, confusions and blurred boundaries around the subject of crime, about what crime is, about social regulation and control, and about social responsibility. It focuses on the key questions and issues underpinning them in contemporary definitions, representations and explanations of crime. It aims to question the platitudes and cliches surrounding public discussion of crime, by acknowledging the individual, social and political frameworks within which we explore crime and criminality.

Contents:

Cover; Questioning Crime and Criminology; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on the contributors; Introduction: crime is exciting but what of criminology?; 1 Capturing criminology; 2 Crime and the media: public narratives and private consumption; 3 Racing to conclusions: thinking sociologically about police race relations; 4 Inequality and crime; 5 Burning issues: fire, carnival and crime; 6 Drug and alcohol studies: key debates in the field; 7 Explaining changing patterns of crime: a focus on burglary and age-period-cohort models

8 Everyday surveillance: personal data and social classifications9 Conclusions; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-02198-4

1-134-02191-7

1-282-23789-6

9786612237898

1-84392-663-6

9781843926634

OCLC:

609842496