Tamar Pitch

Limited Responsibilities

Social Movements and Criminal Justice

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Responsibility" and the way in which it is defined, assumed and attributed in society is currently at the center of public debate both nationally and internationally. As the focus of political discussion, it also poses philosophical and juridical questons and is the underlying motive of many montemporary conflicts. "Limited Responsibilities" analyzes the notions of responsibility in relation to social and political institutions and also individuals. Focusing particularly on the criminal justice system, it demonstrates how the breaking down of boundaries between institutions results in increased empowerment of the individual.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415086530
• ISBN-10: 0415086531
• Artikelnr.: 21244875

Autorenporträt

Tamar Pitch

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the English Edition; Preface to the Italian Edition 1.Processes
and Products of Social Control: the use and abuse of a concept 2.Studying
the `Criminal Question': the object of criminology and the responsibility
of the criminologist 3.Radical Enquiries, Unfounded Policies 4. Rather
Riders than Horses? the use of the symbolic potential of criminal justice
by actors in conflict 5.The Question of Juvenile Deviance 5.Criminal
Responsiblity and Mental Illness: the criminal justice system and the new
psychiatry 7.From Oppression to Victimization: the debate on the Merlin law
8.From Victimization to Autonomy: women, feminism and the law on rape 9.A
Politics of Sovereignty