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Cultural criminology and the carnival of crime /
Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime attempts to make sense of the current increase in violence, cruelty, hate and humiliation, which has come to permeate daily life. The text argues that an overly organised economic world has provoked a widespread desire for extreme, oppositional forms of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime attempts to make sense of the current increase in violence, cruelty, hate and humiliation, which has come to permeate daily life. The text argues that an overly organised economic world has provoked a widespread desire for extreme, oppositional forms of popular and personal pleasure. This desire has resulted in a cathartic 'second life' of illicit pleasures often deemed criminal by those in power. Amongst the exciting issues Mike Presdee addresses are:* joyriding* street crime* antisocial behaviour in private via the inter. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource ([ix], 182 pages) : plates |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203299140 9780203299142 9780415239097 0415239095 9786610068081 6610068089 9780415239103 0415239109 9781134554584 1134554583 9781134554539 1134554532 9781134554577 1134554575 |