{"product_id":"constructing-crime-9780774818209","title":"Constructing Crime","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConstructing Crime\u003c\/em\u003e examines the central question: Why do we define and enforce particular behaviours as crimes and target particular individuals as criminals?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo answer this question, contributors interrogate notions of crime, processes of criminalization, and the deployment of the concept of crime in five radically different sites  the enforcement of fraud against welfare recipients and physicians, the enforcement of laws against Aboriginal harvesting practices, the perceptions of incivilities or disorder in public housing projects, and the selective criminalization of gambling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy demonstrating that how crime is defined and enforced is connected to social location and status, these interdisciplinary case studies and an afterword by Marie-Andrée Bertrand challenge us to consider just who is rendered criminal and why. This timely volume will appeal to policy makers and students and practitioners of law, criminology, and sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \/ \u003cem\u003eJanet Mosher and Joan Brockman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Welfare Fraud: The Construction of Social Assistance as Crime \/ \u003cem\u003eJanet Mosher and Joe Hermer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Fraud against the Public Purse by Health Care Professionals: The Privilege of Location \/ \u003cem\u003eJoan Brockman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 \u003cem\u003ePimatsowin\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWeyasowewina:\u003c\/em\u003e Our Lives, Others’ Laws \/ \u003cem\u003eLisa Chartrand and Cora Weber-Pillwax\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Incivilities: The Representations and Reactions of French Public Housing Residents in Montreal City \/ \u003cem\u003eFrédéric Lemieux and Nadège Sauvêtre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 The Legalization of Gambling in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eColin S. Campbell, Timothy F. Hartnagel, and Garry J. Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword \/ \u003cem\u003eMarie-Andrée Bertrand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404921151831,"sku":"9780774818209","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774818209.jpg?v=1730488060","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/constructing-crime-9780774818209","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}