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Steve Hall uses cutting-edge philosophy and social theory to analyse patterns of crime and harm and illuminate contemporary criminological issues. He provides a fresh, relevant critique of the philosophical and political underpinnings of criminological theory and the theoretical canon's development during the twentieth century, and applies new Continental philosophy to the criminological problem.
Unmatched in its sophistication yet written in a clear, accessible style, this dynamic and highly engaging book is essential reading for all students, researchers and academics working in criminology, sociology, social policy, politics and the social sciences in general.
Historical Patterns of Crime in England
Historical Patterns of Crime in England
If the motivation to misrecognize and do harm to others in the interests of the self is to be established as a basic ontological principle at the root of a criminological metatheory, it's essential to have at least a rough idea of how human beings have practiced this type of harm across time and space. A cross-cultural world history of harm in all its practical and symbolic variants is far beyond the scope of any single book, but because one of the vital principles behind the perspective this work presents is diffusion, it's important to pinpoint a specific shift in the practice of harm that occurred early in the modern history of England, which ...
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