| Imagining Crime Contributor(s): Young, Alison (Author) |
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ISBN: 080398622X ISBN-13: 9780803986220 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364 |
| LCCN: 95072175 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.10 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers an original and challenging reading of the crimino-legal complex′ - criminology, criminal justice, criminal law, the media and everyday experiences - in the light of cultural studies and feminist theory. Through an exploration of the crisis engendered by the failure of the crimino-legal complex to solve the problems of crime and criminality, Alison Young exposes the cultural dimension of its institutions and practices. She analyzes the far-reaching effects of the cultural value given to crime, showing it to be rooted in a powerful nexus of the body, language, the community and everyday life. Imagining Crime examines a number of key events and issues which have signalled shifts in th |
Contributor Bio(s): Young, Alison: - Alison Young is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminology at Melbourne University. She is author of Femininity in Dissent (1990, Routledge) and has also written numerous articles on the intersections of law, criminology and feminist theory. Her current research concerns art as a mode of criminal and deviant expression. |