Michael J Coyle

Talking Criminal Justice

Language and the Just Society

• Broschiertes Buch

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 Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780415815239
• ISBN-10: 0415815231
• Artikelnr.: 41751844

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.