Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State and Law and Order

Author:   Stuart Hall ,  Chas Critcher (Swansea University, Swansea, UK) ,  Tony Jefferson (Keele University, Keele) ,  John Clarke (Open University Department of Social Sciences, Milton Keynes)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9781350534643


Pages:   592
Publication Date:   05 February 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State and Law and Order


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Author:   Stuart Hall ,  Chas Critcher (Swansea University, Swansea, UK) ,  Tony Jefferson (Keele University, Keele) ,  John Clarke (Open University Department of Social Sciences, Milton Keynes)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781350534643


ISBN 10:   1350534641
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   05 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Personal note from the Authors Foreword by Michael Denning Preface to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition PART I The Social History of a Moral Panic The Origins of Social Control The Social Production of News PART II Balancing Accounts: Cashing in on Handsworth Orchestrating Public Opinion Explanations and Ideologies of crime PART III Crime, Law and the State The Law-and-Order Society: the Exhaustion of 'Consent' The Law-and-Order Society: Towards the 'Exceptional State' PART IV The Politics of 'Mugging' Conclusion to the Second Edition: Reflections and new considerations

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Stuart Hall is one of the founding figures of the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies, was formerly President of the BSA (1995-97) and was Professor Emeritus at the Open University, UK. He is widely regarded as one of the leading cultural theorists of our time and is the author of many influential and highly-respected texts, including: The Hard Road to Renewal, Formations of Modernity, Questions of Cultural Identity and Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. Chas Critcher is Visiting Professor in Media and Communications at Swansea University and Professor Emeritus at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Tony Jefferson is Professor Emeritus at Keele University, UK. He has held Visiting Professorships in Denmark, Sweden, Australia and the USA. John Clarke is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the Open University, UK and has been a Recurrent Visiting Professor at Central European University and a Hooker Visiting Professor at McMaster University in Canada. Brian Roberts formerly Visiting Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, UK.

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