Power, Conflict and Criminalisation - Scraton, Phil
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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.
A unique, accessible text that introduces a broad readership to critical research into 'crime', 'deviance' and conflict through contemporary, in-depth case studies. Tracing the authoritarian legacy of policing civil disturbances, harsh regimes of punishment, deaths…mehr

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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.
A unique, accessible text that introduces a broad readership to critical research into 'crime', 'deviance' and conflict through contemporary, in-depth case studies. Tracing the authoritarian legacy of policing civil disturbances, harsh regimes of punishment, deaths in custody and prison protest, diverse issues such as the demonisation of children, the imprisonment of women and the 'war on terror' are explored and analysed.
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).