Christian Borch

Foucault, Crime and Power (eBook, PDF)

Problematisations of Crime in the Twentieth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a Foucauldian problematisation analysis of crime, with a particular focus on the twentieth century. It considers how crime has been conceived as problem and, by scrutinising the responses that have been adapted to deal with crime, demonstrates how a range of power modalities have evolved throughout the twentieth century. Christian Borch shows how the tendency of criminologists to focus on either disciplinary power or governmentality has neglected the broader complex of Foucault's concerns: ignoring its historical underpinnings, whilst for the most part limiting studies to only very recent developments, without giving sufficient attention to their historical backdrop. The book uses developments in Denmark - developments that can be readily identified in most other western countries - as a paradigmatic case for understanding how crime has been problematised in the West. Thus, Foucault, Crime and Power: Problematisations of Crime in the Twentieth Century demonstrates that a Foucauldian approach to crime holds greater analytical potentials for criminological research than have so far been recognized.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317813231
• Artikelnr.: 41836564

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