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Power, Conflict and Criminalisation.

Av: Materialtyp: TextUtgivningsuppgift: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2007Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2008Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (284 pages)Innehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780203935538
Ämnen: Genre/form: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 364
Onlineresurser:
Innehåll:
Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 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 'Negligence without liability': the scale of injustice after Hillsborough -- 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 con.ict 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 -- Bibliography -- Index.
Sammanfattning: 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.
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Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 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 'Negligence without liability': the scale of injustice after Hillsborough -- 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 con.ict 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 -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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