Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This fully revised and updated Second Edition of the bestselling text offers a comprehensive analysis of some of the most important developments in the study of crime.
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Abridged Contents
- John Muncie and Eugene McLaughlin Introduction
- John Muncie The Construction and Deconstruction of Crime
- John Clarke The Pleasures of Crime
- Jim Sharpe Crime, Order and Historical Change
- Peggotty Graham and John Clarke Dangerous Places
- Ester Saraga Dangerous Places
- Gordon Hughes and Mary Langan Good or Bad or Business?
- Eugene McLaughlin Political Violence, Terrorism and the States of Fear
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Praise of the First Edition
By providing accessible and readable introductions to often neglected aspects of crime, the volume is a welcome change from texts focusing on the more conventionally constructed problems of juvenile crime, theft and violent crime' - Reviewing Sociology
This second edition of The Problem of Crime offers a comprehensive analysis of some of the most important developments in the study of crime. The book considers how the criminological gaze has shifted its focus from a preoccupation with 'crimes of the streets' to examining also the serious social harms and injuries associated with crime in the city, child abuse, domestic violence, organized crime, corporate crime, po