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Questioning crime and criminology [electronic resource] / edited by Moira Peelo and Keith Soothill.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon ; Portland Or. : Willan Pub., 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 171 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781134021918 (electronic bk.)
  • 1134021917 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Questioning crime and criminology.DDC classification:
  • 364 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6025 .Q47 2005eb
Other classification:
  • 71.65
Online resources:
Contents:
Capturing criminology / Keith Soothill -- Crime and the media : public narratives and private consumption / Moira Peelo -- Racing to conclusions : thinking sociologically about police race relations / Simon Holdaway -- Inequality and crime / Chris Grover -- Burning issues : fire, carnival and crime / Mike Presdee -- Drug and alcohol studies : key debates in the field / Fiona Measham -- Explaining changing patterns of crime : a focus on burglary and age-period-cohort models / Brian Frances and Keith Soothill -- Everyday surveillance : personal data and social classifications / David Lyon.
Summary: Aimed at criminology students, this text focuses on the key issues associated with crime, social regulation and control, and social responsibility. It questions the clichés associated with public discussion of crime by acknowledging the common frameworkswithin which crime and criminality are explored.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Capturing criminology / Keith Soothill -- Crime and the media : public narratives and private consumption / Moira Peelo -- Racing to conclusions : thinking sociologically about police race relations / Simon Holdaway -- Inequality and crime / Chris Grover -- Burning issues : fire, carnival and crime / Mike Presdee -- Drug and alcohol studies : key debates in the field / Fiona Measham -- Explaining changing patterns of crime : a focus on burglary and age-period-cohort models / Brian Frances and Keith Soothill -- Everyday surveillance : personal data and social classifications / David Lyon.

Aimed at criminology students, this text focuses on the key issues associated with crime, social regulation and control, and social responsibility. It questions the clichés associated with public discussion of crime by acknowledging the common frameworkswithin which crime and criminality are explored.

Description based on print version record.

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