What Is Crime?

Controversies over the Nature of Crime and What to Do about It

AvStuart Henry,Mark M. Lanier

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

For decades, scholars have disagreed about what kinds of behavior count as crime. Is it simply a violation of the criminal law? Is it behavior that causes serious harm? Is the seriousness affected by how many people are harmed and does it make a difference who those people are? Are crimes less criminal if the victims are black, lower class, or foreigners? When corporations victimize workers is that a crime? What about when governments violate basic human rights of their citizens, and who then polices governments? In What Is Crime? the first book-length treatment of the topic, contributors debate the content of crime from diverse perspectives: consensus/moral, cultural/relative, conflict/power, anarchist/critical, feminist, racial/ethnic, postmodernist, and integrational. Henry and Lanier synthesize these perspectives and explore what each means for crime control policy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-02-07
Mått:155 x 230 x 22 mm
Vikt:417 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780847698073

Utforska kategorier

Brottslighet och kriminologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Stuart Henry is professor and director of interdisciplinary studies at Wayne State University, where he also serves as associate dean of the College of Lifelong Learning. Mark M. Lanier is associate professor of criminal justice and legal studies at the University of Central Florida.

Recensioner i media

If I had my way, a course on What Is Crime? would be a prerequisite to introductory criminology. Leading criminological theorists of the last several generations debate the issue. It is the most accessible book on the topic—well edited and organized.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Crime in Context: The Scope of the ProblemPart 3 Classic StatementsChapter 4 The Nature of CrimeChapter 5 Who Is the Criminal?Chapter 6 Defining Patterns of Crime and Types of OffendersChapter 7 Defenders of Order or Guardians of Human Rights?Part 8 New DirectionsChapter 9 Crime as Social InteractionChapter 10 Defining Crime in a Community Setting: Negotiation and Legitimation of Community ClaimsChapter 11 The Media’s Role in the Definition of CrimeChapter 12 Racing Crime: Definitions and DilemmasChapter 13 Constitutive Definition of Crime: Power as HarmChapter 14 A Needs-Based, Social Harms Definition of CrimePart 15 Integrating ApproachesChapter 16 Crime as DisreputeChapter 17 The Prism of Crime: Toward an Integrated Definition of CrimeChapter 18 NotesChapter 19 IndexChapter 20 About the Authors