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Author : Victor E. Kappeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Constructing Crime written by Victor E. Kappeler and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. Gregoriou
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230392083
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Constructing Crime written by C. Gregoriou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime and criminals are a pervasive theme in all areas of our culture, including media, journalism, film and literature. This book explores how crime is constructed and culturally represented through a range of areas including Spanish, English Language and Literature, Music, Criminology, Gender, Law, Cultural and Criminal Justice Studies.
Author : Janet Mosher
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774859466
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Constructing Crime written by Janet Mosher and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructing Crime examines why particular behaviours are defined and enforced as crimes and particular individuals are targeted as criminals. Contributors interrogate notions of crime, processes of criminalization, and the deployment of the concept of crime in five areas � the enforcement of fraud against welfare recipients and physicians, the enforcement of laws against Aboriginal harvesting practices, the perceptions of disorder in public housing projects, and the selective criminalization of gambling. These case studies and an afterword by Marie-Andr�e Bertrand challenge us to consider just who is rendered criminal and why.
Author : Garrick L. Percival
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498703143
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Smart on Crime written by Garrick L. Percival and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most punitive era in American history reached its apex in the 1990s, but the trend has reversed in recent years. Smart on Crime: The Struggle to Build a Better American Penal System examines the factors causing this dramatic turnaround. It relates and echoes the increasing need and desire on the part of actors in the American government system
Author : Oxford University Press
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199803706
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book The Social Construction of Crime: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide written by Oxford University Press and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of criminology find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In criminology, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Criminology, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study and practice of criminology. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.
Author : Gregg Barak
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135886113
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Media, Process, and the Social Construction of Crime written by Gregg Barak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1995. One of the most pervasive forms of social control in our society is the mass media. The public learns from television, newspapers, magazines, movies, and books what is happening in the world and how to interpret it. The problem, however, is that full or complete interpretations of reality are not presented. In short, reality itself, clear and unadorned, is not to be found in the information provided by the media. Instead, media presentations consist of those various viewpoints that succeed in capturing the minds and imaginations of the masses, or in terms of the 1992 presidential campaign, that successfully put the winning spin on information. Barak and others believe that criminologists should participate in the various media presentations of crime and justice. By bringing their knowledge to bear on media presentations, criminologists can help make some news more representative and less distorted of the social reality of crime.
Author : Ngaire Naffine
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317296680
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)
Download or read book Female Crime written by Ngaire Naffine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Female Crime, first published in 1987, surveys the major schools of criminology in order to explore the images of the female offender which underpin many contemporary crime theories. In reveals the ways in which male-centred norms dominated much analysis, and how crude stereotypes of women were a common attribute to the armoury of criminological research. Although feminists and other researchers are directing increasing attention to criminology, this was one of the first attempts to deploy feminist analyses developed within other disciplines to examine critically the range of modern criminological theories on women. Its findings demonstrate the importance of a program to create a new feminist criminology which recognises the female offender as a reasoning, purposeful subject. This title will be of interest to students of criminology.
Author : Nickie D. Phillips
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814764525
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Comic Book Crime written by Nickie D. Phillips and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superman, Batman, Daredevil, and Wonder Woman are iconic cultural figures that embody values of order, fairness, justice, and retribution. Comic Book Crime digs deep into these and other celebrated characters, providing a comprehensive understanding of crime and justice in contemporary American comic books. This is a world where justice is delivered, where heroes save ordinary citizens from certain doom, where evil is easily identified and thwarted by powers far greater than mere mortals could possess. Nickie Phillips and Staci Strobl explore these representations and show that comic books, as a historically important American cultural medium, participate in both reflecting and shaping an American ideological identity that is often focused on ideas of the apocalypse, utopia, retribution, and nationalism. Through an analysis of approximately 200 comic books sold from 2002 to 2010, as well as several years of immersion in comic book fan culture, Phillips and Strobl reveal the kinds of themes and plots popular comics feature in a post-9/11 context. They discuss heroes’ calculations of “deathworthiness,” or who should be killed in meting out justice, and how these judgments have as much to do with the hero’s character as they do with the actions of the villains. This fascinating volume also analyzes how class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation are used to construct difference for both the heroes and the villains in ways that are both conservative and progressive. Engaging, sharp, and insightful, Comic Book Crime is a fresh take on the very meaning of truth, justice, and the American way.
Author : C. Gregoriou
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230392083
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Constructing Crime written by C. Gregoriou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime and criminals are a pervasive theme in all areas of our culture, including media, journalism, film and literature. This book explores how crime is constructed and culturally represented through a range of areas including Spanish, English Language and Literature, Music, Criminology, Gender, Law, Cultural and Criminal Justice Studies.
Author : Alison Adam
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783030288396
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Crime and the Construction of Forensic Objectivity from 1850 written by Alison Adam and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the historical development of 'forensic objectivity' through an analysis of the ways in which objective knowledge of crimes, crime scenes, crime materials and criminals is achieved. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, with authors drawn from law, history, sociology and science and technology studies, this work shows how forensic objectivity is constructed through detailed crime history case studies, mainly in relation to murder, set in Scotland, England, Germany, Sweden, USA and Ireland. Starting from the mid-nineteenth century and continuing to the present day, the book argues that a number of developments were crucial. These include: the beginning of crime photography, the use of diagrams and models specially constructed for the courtroom so jurors could be ‘virtual witnesses’, probabilistic models of certainty, the professionalization of medical and scientific expert witnesses and their networks, ways of measuring, recording and developing criminal records and the role of the media, particularly newspapers in reporting on crime, criminals and legal proceedings and their part in the shaping of public opinion on crime. This essential title demonstrates the ways in which forensic objectivity has become a central concept in relation to criminal justice over a period spanning 170 years.
Author : Christopher Ray McCormick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781552663820
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (638 download)
Download or read book Constructing Danger written by Christopher Ray McCormick and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime reporting is often thought to be simply an objective and factual description of an event. In Constructing Danger Chris McCormick argues that crime is more than simply reported: it is constructed. And sometimes it is distorted, exaggerated and manipulated in order to create certain impressions of and opinions about the world. Examining issues such as how misrepresentations of AIDS perpetuates harmful stereotypes, the underrepresentation of women in the news, the trivialization of sexual assault and the sensationalized focus on violent crime, this book challenges readers to approach the news with a more critical eye and to recognize how misrepresentations lead to a distorted perception of the world. Further, this book asks the reader to consider the consequences of holding this distorted vision, from increased surveillance and legislation to the normalization of violence.
Author : Ulrike Tabbert
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137453516
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Language and Crime written by Ulrike Tabbert and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a systematic introduction to the linguistic analysis of newspaper reports on crime. The author demonstrates how the linguistic analysis of newspaper texts helps to gain insight into the construction of offenders and victims in those texts and links the findings to criminological frameworks. Tabbert employs Critical Stylistics to explore the description of participants, the presentation of speech as well as actions, states or events, and other linguistic devices employed by journalists to present a particular image of an offender or a victim in the press. This book shows the fruitfulness of an interdisciplinary approach to reveal predominant discourse on crime in society and will be of great interest to researchers in linguistics, criminology and media studies.
Author : James D. Unnever
Publisher : Advances in Criminological Theory
ISBN 13 : 9780367504915
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Building a Black Criminology, Volume 24 written by James D. Unnever and published by Advances in Criminological Theory. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of the Black Lives Matter movement and protests in many cities, the role of race in crime and justice is now ever-more salient. This volume seeks to explore theoretical issues in depth and breadth, it should be of interest to a range of criminologists and have the potential to be used in graduate seminars and upper-level undergraduate courses.
Author : Venessa Garcia
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442260823
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Crime, Media, and Reality written by Venessa Garcia and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garcia and Arkerson look at the influence of crime news and true crime television series that prevent the public from distinguishing pure entertainment from the realities of crime and justice.
Author : George L. Kelling
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684837382
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Fixing Broken Windows written by George L. Kelling and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cites successful examples of community-based policing.
Author : Yvonne Jewkes
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 147391731X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)
Download or read book Media and Crime written by Yvonne Jewkes and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically examines the complex interactions between media and crime. Written with an engaging and authoritative voice, it guides you through all the key issues, ranging from news reporting of crime, media constructions of children and women, moral panics, and media and the police to ′reality′ crime shows, surveillance and social control. This third edition: Explores innovations in technology and forms of reporting, including citizen journalism. Examines the impact of new media including mobile, Internet and digital technologies, and social networking sites. Features chapters dedicated to the issues around cybercrime and crime film, along with new content on terrorism and the media. Shows you how to research media and crime. Includes discussion questions, further reading and a glossary. Now features a companion website, complete with links to journal articles, relevant websites and blogs. This is essential reading for your studies in criminology, media studies, cultural studies and sociology. The Key Approaches to Criminology series celebrates the removal of traditional barriers between disciplines and, specifically, reflects criminology’s interdisciplinary nature and focus. It brings together some of the leading scholars working at the intersections of criminology and related subjects. Each book in the series helps readers to make intellectual connections between criminology and other discourses, and to understand the importance of studying crime and criminal justice within the context of broader debates. The series is intended to have appeal across the entire range of undergraduate and postgraduate studies and beyond, comprising books which offer introductions to the fields as well as advancing ideas and knowledge in their subject areas.
Author : Victor E. Kappeler
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478636025
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)
Download or read book The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice written by Victor E. Kappeler and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social construction of crime is often out of proportion to the threat posed. The media and advocacy groups shine a spotlight on some crimes and ignore others. Street crime is highlighted as putting everyone at risk of victimization, while the greater social harms from corporate malfeasance receive far less attention. Social arrangements dictate what is defined as crime and the punishments for those who engage in the proscribed behavior. Interest groups promote their agendas by appealing to public fears. Justifications often have no basis in fact, but the public accepts the exaggerations and blames the targeted offenders. The net-widening effect of more laws and more punishment catches those least able to defend themselves. This innovative alternative to traditional textbooks provides insightful observations of myths and trends in criminal justice. Fourteen chapters challenge misconceptions about specific crimes or aspects of the criminal justice system. Kappeler and Potter dissect popular images of crimes and criminals in a cogent, compelling, and engaging manner. They trace the social construction of each issue and identify the misleading statistics and fears that form the basis of myths—and the collateral damage of basing policies on mythical beliefs. The authors encourage skepticism about commonly accepted beliefs, offer readers a fresh perspective, and urge them to analyze important issues from novel vantage points.
