Christian Borch

Foucault, Crime and Power (eBook, ePUB)

Problematisations of Crime in the Twentieth Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Foucault, Crime and Power argues that a Foucauldian approach to crime holds greater analytical potential for criminological research than have so far been recognized. The book considers both how crime has been conceived as problem and the responses that has been suggested to deal with it, using developments in Denmark as a paradigmatic case for understanding how crime has been problematized in the West. Christian Borch demonstrates how the tendency of criminologists to focus on either disciplinary power or governmentality has thus far neglected the broader complex of Foucault's concerns and their historical context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317813224
• Artikelnr.: 41836175

Autorenporträt

Christian Borch is Professor of Political Sociology at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. His previous books include Niklas Luhmann (Key Sociologists) (Routledge, 2011) and The Politics of Crowds: An Alternative History of Sociology (Cambridge University Press, 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Foucauldian cues
Chapter 1: The birth of criminology
Chapter 2: For the protection of society
Chapter 3: The rise and fall of the treatment ideal
Chapter 4: Serving the community
Chapter 5: Crime prevention: towards a totalitarian biopolitics
Chapter 6: Empowerment and repression
Conclusion: the twentieth century and beyond
Notes
References
Index