Phil Scraton

Power, Conflict and Criminalisation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A unique, accessible text that introduces a broad readership to critical research into 'crime', 'deviance' and conflict through contemporary, in-depth case studies. Tracing the authoritarian legacy of policing civil disturbances, harsh regimes of punishment, deaths in custody and prison protest, diverse issues such as the demonisation of children, the imprisonment of women and the 'war on terror' are explored and analysed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780415422413
• ISBN-10: 0415422418
• Artikelnr.: 23258422

Autorenporträt

Phil Scraton is Professor of Criminology in the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen's University, Belfast. His primary research includes: the regulation and criminalisation of children and young people; violence and incarceration; the politics of truth and official inquiry; critical analysis. His most recent books are Hillsborough: The Truth (2000) and Beyond September 11: An Anthology of Dissent (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Challenging Academic Orthodoxy: Recognising and Proclaiming 'Values' in
Critical Social Research 2. 'Unreasonable Force': Policing Marginalised
Communities in the 1980s 3. 'Lost Lives, Hidden Voices': Deaths and
Violence in Custody 4. Hillsborough: Negligence without Liability 5.
'Licensed to Kill': The Dunblane Shootings and their Aftermath 6. Children
on Trial: Prosecution, Disclosure and Anonymity 7. 'Asbo-mania': The
Regulation and Criminalisation of Children and Young People 8. Children,
Young People and Conflict in the North of Ireland 9. Self Harm and Suicide
in a Women's Prison 10. 'Nasty Things Happen in War' 11. 'Speaking Truth to
Power': Critical Analysis as Resistance