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Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously
Paddy Hillyard
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Description for Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously
Paperback. Reassesses conventional notions of crime by examining potential categories of social harm inflicted by globalisation Editor(s): Hillyard, Paddy; Pantazis, Christina; Tombs, Steve; Gordon, Dave. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 figs. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Crime forms only a small and often insignificant amount of the harm experienced by people. While custom and tradition play an important role in the perpetuation of some types of harm, many forms of harm are rooted in the inequalities and social divisions systematically produced in - and by - contemporary states.
Exploring a range of topics including violence, indifference, corporate and state harms, murder, children, asylum and immigration policies, sexuality and poverty, the contributors raise a number of theoretical and methodological issues associated with a social harm approach. Only once we have identified the origins, scale ... Read more
Crime forms only a small and often insignificant amount of the harm experienced by people. While custom and tradition play an important role in the perpetuation of some types of harm, many forms of harm are rooted in the inequalities and social divisions systematically produced in - and by - contemporary states.
Exploring a range of topics including violence, indifference, corporate and state harms, murder, children, asylum and immigration policies, sexuality and poverty, the contributors raise a number of theoretical and methodological issues associated with a social harm approach. Only once we have identified the origins, scale ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745319032
SKU
V9780745319032
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About Paddy Hillyard
Paddy Hillyard is a Professor of Sociology at Queen's University, Belfast. His research focuses on social order and control in modern welfare states, with particular attention to violence, criminality, poverty, and inequality. He has done extensive work on political violence in Northern Ireland and Britain and the attendant growth of police power. His recent work includes research not only ... Read more
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