Crime, Social Control and Human Rights : From Moral Panics to States of Denial, Essays in Honour of Stanley Cohen

ISBN-13: 9781843922285 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 472 str.

Opis

The work of Stanley Cohen over the decades has come to acquire a classical status in the fields of criminology, sociology and human rights. This book reflects some of his many-sided contributions. It examines the main themes Stanley Cohen has explored and

Recenzje

'This diverse and insightful collection of contemporary 'Cohenology' is the ideal tribute to a man who is perhaps criminology's most erudite, readable and humane practitioner.' − Shadd Maruna, Queen's University Belfast

Spis treści

Foreword by Noam Chomsky  Introduction  Part 1: Seminal Influences,  Part 2: Gradations of Social Control: From Moral Panics to Long-term Imprisonment,  Part 3: The Extremities of Control: Torture and the Death Penalty, Part 4: Visions of Social Control, Part 5: The Theory and Practice of Denial, Part 6: Ways Ahead