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Cultural Criminology and Carnival of Crime (00 Edition)

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ISBN13: 9780415239103
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"Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime" attempts to make sense of the current increase in violence, cruelty, hate and humiliation, which has come to permeate daily life. The text argues that an overly organized economic world has provoked a widespread desire for extreme, oppositional forms of popular and personal pleasure. This desire has resulted in a cathartic 'second life' of illicit pleasures often deemed criminal by those in power. Amongst the exciting issues Mike Presdee addresses are: *joyriding *street crime *antisocial behavior in private via the internet *hate, hurt and humiliation in popular culture *the popularization and criminalization of sadomasochism and dance music cultures.

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Presdee (sociology and social policy, Sunderland University and University of Kent) attempts to make sense of the culture of crime, arguing that an over-organized economic world has provoked a widespread desire for extreme, oppositional forms of popular and personal pleasure. This desire has resulted in a cathartic "second life" of illicit pleasures often deemed criminal by those in power. Presdee concludes that in order to truly make sense of senseless acts, it is essential for criminologists to turn to cultural criminology and that, as successive governments take steps to further rationalize public life, they will continue to create crime rather than alleviate it.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-175) and index.
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ISBN:
9780415239103
Author:
Presdee, Mike
Author:
Carter, Gavin
Author:
Presdee, Mike
Author:
Presdee Mike
Publisher:
Routledge
Location:
London
Subject:
Criminology
Subject:
Pleasure
Subject:
Deviant behavior
Subject:
Crime
Subject:
Subculture
Series Volume:
IMS-15
Publication Date:
January 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.45x5.41x.42 in. .54 lbs.
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