Phil Scraton (Ireland Queenâ s University of Belfast)

Power, Conflict and Criminalisation

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Produktbeschreibung

Traces the significance of social research and analyses in understanding some of the significant and controversial issues in contemporary society. This book demonstrates how structural relations of power, authority and legitimacy, establish the determining contexts of everyday life, social interaction and individual opportunity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780415422413
• ISBN-10: 0415422418
• Artikelnr.: 23258422

Autorenporträt

Phil Scraton is Professor of Criminology in the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen's University, Belfast. His primary research includes: the regulation and criminalisation of children and young people; violence and incarceration; the politics of truth and official inquiry; critical analysis. His most recent books are Hillsborough: The Truth (2000) and Beyond September 11: An Anthology of Dissent (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Challenging Academic Orthodoxy: Recognising and Proclaiming 'Values' in
Critical Social Research 2. 'Unreasonable Force': Policing Marginalised
Communities in the 1980s 3. 'Lost Lives, Hidden Voices': Deaths and
Violence in Custody 4. Hillsborough: Negligence without Liability 5.
'Licensed to Kill': The Dunblane Shootings and their Aftermath 6. Children
on Trial: Prosecution, Disclosure and Anonymity 7. 'Asbo-mania': The
Regulation and Criminalisation of Children and Young People 8. Children,
Young People and Conflict in the North of Ireland 9. Self Harm and Suicide
in a Women's Prison 10. 'Nasty Things Happen in War' 11. 'Speaking Truth to
Power': Critical Analysis as Resistance