基本説明
Contributors debate the content of crime from diverse perspectives: moral, cultural/relative, conflict/power, anarchist/critical, feminist, racial/ethnic, postmodernist and integrational.
Full Description
For decades, scholars have disagreed about what kinds of behavior count as crime. Is it simply a violation of the criminal law? Is it behavior that causes serious harm? Is the seriousness affected by how many people are harmed and does it make a difference who those people are? Are crimes less criminal if the victims are black, lower class, or foreigners? When corporations victimize workers is that a crime? What about when governments violate basic human rights of their citizens, and who then polices governments? In What Is Crime? the first book-length treatment of the topic, contributors debate the content of crime from diverse perspectives: consensus/moral, cultural/relative, conflict/power, anarchist/critical, feminist, racial/ethnic, postmodernist, and integrational. Henry and Lanier synthesize these perspectives and explore what each means for crime control policy.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Crime in Context: The Scope of the Problem Part 3 Classic Statements Chapter 4 The Nature of Crime Chapter 5 Who Is the Criminal? Chapter 6 Defining Patterns of Crime and Types of Offenders Chapter 7 Defenders of Order or Guardians of Human Rights? Part 8 New Directions Chapter 9 Crime as Social Interaction Chapter 10 Defining Crime in a Community Setting: Negotiation and Legitimation of Community Claims Chapter 11 The Media's Role in the Definition of Crime Chapter 12 Racing Crime: Definitions and Dilemmas Chapter 13 Constitutive Definition of Crime: Power as Harm Chapter 14 A Needs-Based, Social Harms Definition of Crime Part 15 Integrating Approaches Chapter 16 Crime as Disrepute Chapter 17 The Prism of Crime: Toward an Integrated Definition of Crime Chapter 18 Notes Chapter 19 Index Chapter 20 About the Authors
