Michael Coyle

Talking Criminal Justice (eBook, PDF)

Language and the Just Society

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the language used in criminal justice discourse as causal and inherently political, examining the ideology that underlines such topics as 'innocent victim', 'tough on crime' and 'evil.'

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136184789
• Artikelnr.: 47893975

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Coyle is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at California State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Sociology of the Language of Justice 2. A History of
Language of Justice Research 3. The Meaning of "Tough on Crime" 4. An
Ethnography of "Innocent Victim" language 5. Delineating the "Evil"
"Criminal" Other 6. Talking Justice: Interviews with Justice Workers 7.
Language of Justice as Critical Criminology.