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This book situates the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour within the philosophical context of phenomenology and explores how these constructions inform, and justify, the policies employed to address them. It is essential reading for academics and students interested in social theory and theories of criminology.

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"There is nobody else who could so commandingly occupy the disciplines of criminology, philosophy and psychology to write such a book. It will become the standard text." Anthony Amatrudo, Middlesex University

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Phenomenology, Social Construction, and Criminality: Some Beginning Observations; The Phenomenology of the Social Construction of Crime: Social Context and Structural Realities, and the Meaning of being; The Social Construction of Criminal Behavior: toward a phenomenology of strain; Some closing reflections.

A Philosophy of the Social Construction of Crime

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      Publisher: Policy Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/11/2015
      ISBN13: 9781447327325, 978-1447327325
      ISBN10: 1447327322

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book situates the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour within the philosophical context of phenomenology and explores how these constructions inform, and justify, the policies employed to address them. It is essential reading for academics and students interested in social theory and theories of criminology.

      Trade Review
      "There is nobody else who could so commandingly occupy the disciplines of criminology, philosophy and psychology to write such a book. It will become the standard text." Anthony Amatrudo, Middlesex University

      Table of Contents
      Phenomenology, Social Construction, and Criminality: Some Beginning Observations; The Phenomenology of the Social Construction of Crime: Social Context and Structural Realities, and the Meaning of being; The Social Construction of Criminal Behavior: toward a phenomenology of strain; Some closing reflections.

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