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Voices of Crime
. Ed(S): Huertas Castillo, Luz; Lucero, Bonnie A; Swedberg, Gregroy J; Salvatore, Ricardo Donato
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Hardback. Criminalizing individuals and actions is not the exclusive domain of the state; it emerges from the collective consciousness - the judgments of individuals and groups who represent societal thinking and values. Voices of Crime examines official and unofficial perceptions of deviancy, justice, and social control in modern Latin America. Editor(s): Huertas Castillo, Luz; Lucero, Bonnie A; Swedberg, Gregroy J; Salvatore, Ricardo Donato. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Crime exists in every society, revealing not only the way in which societiesfunction but also exposing the standards that society holds about what is harmful and punishable. Criminalizing individuals and actions is not the exclusive domain of the state; it emerges from the collective consciousness— the judgments of individuals and groups who represent societal thinking and values. Studying how these individuals and groups construct, represent, perpetrate, and contest crime reveals how their message reinforces and also challenges historical and culturally specific notions of race, class, and gender.
Voices of Crime examines these official and unofficial perceptions of deviancy, ... Read more
Crime exists in every society, revealing not only the way in which societiesfunction but also exposing the standards that society holds about what is harmful and punishable. Criminalizing individuals and actions is not the exclusive domain of the state; it emerges from the collective consciousness— the judgments of individuals and groups who represent societal thinking and values. Studying how these individuals and groups construct, represent, perpetrate, and contest crime reveals how their message reinforces and also challenges historical and culturally specific notions of race, class, and gender.
Voices of Crime examines these official and unofficial perceptions of deviancy, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816533046
SKU
V9780816533046
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About . Ed(S): Huertas Castillo, Luz; Lucero, Bonnie A; Swedberg, Gregroy J; Salvatore, Ricardo Donato
Luz E. Huertas is a lecturer and coordinator of the Latin American StudiesMinor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is also an associate researcherand member of the Editorial Committee of the Museo Regional de Atacamain Chile. Her work appears in in the journals Perspectivas Latinoamericas (Japan) and Cuadernos Interculturales (Chile). Bonnie A. Lucero is an assistant professor in the ... Read more
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