|
![]() |
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Bill Dixon , David GaddPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Karnac Books Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781855757936ISBN 10: 1855757931 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 31 December 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction: Race, racism, and racially motivated offenders -- Posing the ""why?"" question -- Recovering the contradictory racist subject -- Understanding the ""racially motivated offender"" -- Racially aggravated offenders and the punishment of hate -- The unconscious attractions of far right politics -- Rethinking community cohesion -- Zahid Mubarek's murderer: the case of Robert Stewart -- Racism, respect, and recognition -- Conclusion: losing the race"Reviews""This is an informative, contextualized account of the problem of racist offenses. There is much to be considered here... I believe this book contains detailed and useful information about the problem of racist hate crime from the perspective of the offender in one place in the world.""-- (05/01/2011) This is an informative, contextualized account of the problem of racist offenses. There is much to be considered here... I believe this book contains detailed and useful information about the problem of racist hate crime from the perspective of the offender in one place in the world. This is an informative, contextualized account of the problem of racist offenses. There is much to be considered here... I believe this book contains detailed and useful information about the problem of racist hate crime from the perspective of the offender in one place in the world. --PsycCritiques Author InformationDr Bill Dixon is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Head of the School of Sociology and Criminology at Keele University. He has lived in Delhi, London and Cape Town and worked in a neighbourhood advice centre and as a local government officer. Together with Elrena van der Spuy he is the editor of 'Justice Gained? Crime and Crime Control in South Africa's Transition'. Dr David Gadd is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Deputy Director of the Social Science Research Institutes at Keele University. David has over a decade of experience of conducting and analyzing in-depth interview research with offenders, and has written extensively on the subjects of domestic abuse, masculinities and crime, racial harassment, offender motivation and desistance from crime. David's first book (co-written with Tony Jefferson) 'Psychosocial Criminology' was published in 2007. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |