A Sociology of Crime
The authors take three particular sociological perspectives, and use them to offer a distinct and critical reading of criminology, highlighting the ways that crime is, first and foremost, a matter of social definition. They provide a good introductory text which will be of great value to students.
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A Sociology of Crime
The authors take three particular sociological perspectives, and use them to offer a distinct and critical reading of criminology, highlighting the ways that crime is, first and foremost, a matter of social definition. They provide a good introductory text which will be of great value to students.
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A Sociology of Crime

A Sociology of Crime

A Sociology of Crime

A Sociology of Crime

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Overview

The authors take three particular sociological perspectives, and use them to offer a distinct and critical reading of criminology, highlighting the ways that crime is, first and foremost, a matter of social definition. They provide a good introductory text which will be of great value to students.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415073707
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/06/1992
Edition description: Older Edition
Pages: 316
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Eglin, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada; Stephen Hester, University of Wales, Bangor.

Table of Contents

Preface 1 Sociology and crime 2 Constructing criminal law 3 Criminalization and domination 4 Ethnomethodology's law 5 Policing as symbolic interaction 6 The ethnomethodology of policing 7 The political economy of policing 8 Discipline, domination and criminal justice 9 Justice and symbolic interaction 10 Ethnomethodology in court 11 Crime and punishment 12 The functions of crime control
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