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Apprehending the Criminal
Marie-Christine Leps
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Description for Apprehending the Criminal
paperback. Traces the production and circulation of knowledge about the criminal in nineteenth-century discourse Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
In this wide-ranging analysis, Marie-Christine Leps traces the production and circulation of knowledge about the criminal in nineteenth-century discourse, and shows how the delineation of deviance served to construct cultural norms. She demonstrates how the apprehension of crime and criminals was an important factor in the establishment of such key institutions as national systems of education, a cheap daily press, and various welfare measures designed to fight the spread of criminality.
Leps focuses on three discursive practices: the emergence of criminology, the development of a mass-produced press, and the proliferation of crime fiction, in both England and France. Beginning where ... Read more
In this wide-ranging analysis, Marie-Christine Leps traces the production and circulation of knowledge about the criminal in nineteenth-century discourse, and shows how the delineation of deviance served to construct cultural norms. She demonstrates how the apprehension of crime and criminals was an important factor in the establishment of such key institutions as national systems of education, a cheap daily press, and various welfare measures designed to fight the spread of criminality.
Leps focuses on three discursive practices: the emergence of criminology, the development of a mass-produced press, and the proliferation of crime fiction, in both England and France. Beginning where ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Post-Contemporary Interventions
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822312710
SKU
V9780822312710
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About Marie-Christine Leps
Marie-Christine Leps is Associate Professor of English at York University.
Reviews for Apprehending the Criminal
"Apprehending the Criminal can stand comparison with Foucault's own work. . . . It is a major and original contribution to historical discourse analysis."—Timothy J. Reiss, New York University "Discourse analysis is now practiced by many scholars around the world, but I know of no study as complete and as persuasive as this one."—Wlad Godzich, University of Geneva