Cultural criminology and the carnival of crime / Mike Presdee.
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TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2000Description: viii, 182p. : ill., facsims. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780415239103 (pbk.) :; 0415239109 (pbk.) :; 9780415239097 (hbk.) :; 0415239095 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Crime -- Sociological aspects -- Great Britain | Criminology -- Great Britain | Deviant behavior -- Great Britain | Subculture -- Great BritainDDC classification: 364.2'5'0941 Summary: This text examines the criminalization of cultural practices in Britain. It reworks the senseless act and explores the performance of crime and violence as cultural commodity to be consumed by a society anxious for new experiences.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-175) and index.
This text examines the criminalization of cultural practices in Britain. It reworks the senseless act and explores the performance of crime and violence as cultural commodity to be consumed by a society anxious for new experiences.
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