| Bouncers: Violence and Governance in the Night-Time Economy Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hobbs, Dick (Author), Hadfield, Philip (Author), Lister, Stuart (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199288003 ISBN-13: 9780199288007 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $50.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: This book is the first attempt to understand Britain's night-time economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent it. Using ethnography, participant observation and extensive interviews with all the main players, this controversial book charts the emergence of the bouncer as one of the most graphic symbols in the iconography of post-industrial Britain. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - Social Science | Violence In Society - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 303.609 |
| LCCN: 2005440975 |
| Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 3.08" W x 3.68" (1.13 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is the first attempt to understand Britain's night-time economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent it. Using ethnography, participant observation and extensive interviews with all the main players, this controversial book charts the emergence of the bouncer as one of the most graphic symbols in the iconography of post-industrial Britain. |