| Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously Contributor(s): Hillyard, Paddy (Editor), Pantazis, Christina (Editor), Gordon, Dave (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0745319041 ISBN-13: 9780745319049 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: "Beyond Criminology" is an innovative, groundbreaking critique of conventional criminological approaches to social issues. The contributors make a broad analysis of social harm examining the theoretical issues, and then looking at harmful organisations, policies and experiences.Using this approach, the contributors show how social harm relates to social and economic inequalities that are the heart of the liberal state. Only once we have identified the causes of social harm, they argue, can we begin to formulate possible responses, whether criminological or political. Exploring a range of topics including violence, indifference, corporate and state harms, miscarriages of justice, gender and harm, children, asylum and immigration policies, and sexuality, the contributors offer an innovative new approach that goes beyond criminology that should be of interest to students, teachers and policy-makers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Law | Criminal Law - General |
| Dewey: 361.1 |
| LCCN: 2004276468 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.7" W x 8.56" (1.12 lbs) 348 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Beyond Criminology" is an innovative, groundbreaking critique of the narrow focus of conventional criminology. The authors argue that crime forms only a small and often insignificant amount of the harm experienced by people. They show that, while custom and tradition play an important role in the perpetuation of some types of harm, many forms of harm are rooted in the inequalities and social divisions systematically produced in -- and by -- contemporary states. Exploring a range of topics including violence, indifference, corporate and state harms, murder, children, asylum and immigration policies, sexuality and poverty, the contributions raise a number of theoretical and methodological issues associated with a social harm approach. Only once we have identified the origins, scale and consequences of social harms, they argue, can we begin to formulate possible responses -- and these are more likely to be located in public and social policy than in the criminal justice system. The book provides an original and challenging new perspective that goes beyond criminology -- one which will be of interest to students, teachers and policy makers. |