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Author Grant, Claire (Lecturer in law)

Title Crime and punishment in contemporary culture / Claire Valier
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations
Series International library of sociology
International library of sociology.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: punishment, culture and communication; 1 Murder will out; 2 Punishment, print culture and the nation; 3 Travelling cultures; 4 Irony and the state of unitedness; 5 The internet, new collectivities and crime; 6 Punishment and the powers of horror; 7 The shadow of the death penalty; Conclusion: addressing the contemporary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Exploring both popular cultural forms and changes in crime policies and criminal law, Valier elaborates new forms of critical engagement with the politics of crime and punishment
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-171) and index
Notes English
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Subject Punishment.
Crime -- Sociological aspects.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Retribution.
punishing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Retribution
Crime -- Sociological aspects
Criminal justice, Administration of
Punishment
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003006407
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