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Author:   Ross L. Matsueda ,  Stuart Henry ,  Stuart Henry
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.992kg
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9781409419617

ISBN 10:   1409419614
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   11 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: Introduction. Theoretical Overview: Social construction of crime, Stuart Henry. Part I Social Constructionism, Criminology and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Roots: Alfred Schutz: Phenomenology and contemporary sociological theory: the contribution of Alfred Schutz, Helmut R. Wagner; Alfred Schutz's influence on American sociologists and sociology, George Psathas; Constructing Social Problems: Social problems: a re-formulation, Malcolm Spector and John I. Kitsuse; Social problems theory: the constructionist view, Joseph W. Schneider; Constructing Crime: The Media’s Role in Defining Crime: Media constructions of crime, Vincent F. Sacco; The media’s role in the definition of crime, Ray Surette and Charles Otto; Constructing Crime: Moral Panics: ’The Ice Age’: the social construction of a drug panic, Philip Jenkins; Another look at moral panics: the case of satanic day care centers, Mary DeYoung; Beyond folk devil resistance: linking moral panic and moral regulation, Sean P. Hier, Dan Lett, Kevin Walby and André Smith; Constructing Criminal Justice: The social construction of crime and crime control, Nicole Hahn Rafter; Inventing criminal justice: myth and social construction, Victor E. Kappeler; The Columbine effect and school antiviolence policy, Glenn W. Muschert and Anthony A. Peguero. Part II Social Constructionist Related Theories: Symbolic Interactionism and Labeling Theory: Notes on the sociology of deviance, Kai T. Erikson; Crime as social interaction, Leroy C. Gould, Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz; The labelling perspective forty years on, Ken Plummer; Ethnomethodology: Conditions of successful degradation ceremonies, Harold Garfinkel; Ethnomethodology and criminology: the social production of crime and the criminal, Stephen J. Pfohl; Ethnomethodological perspective (on crime and deviance), Robert O. Keel; Phenomenology, Postmodernism and Constitutive Criminology: Phenomenology, postmodernism, and philosophical criminology: a conversational criti

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Stuart Henry is Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University. Ross L. Matsueda is the Blumstein-Jordan Endowed Professor of Sociology, University of Washington, USA. Helmut R. Wagner, George Psathas, Malcolm Spector, John I. Kitsuse, Joseph W. Schneider, Vincent F. Sacco, Ray Surette, Charles Otto, Philip Jenkins, Mary DeYoung, Sean P. Hier, Dan Lett, Kevin Walby, Andre Smith, Nicole Hahn Rafter, Victor E. Kappeler, Glenn W. Muschert, Anthony A. Peguero, Kai T. Erikson, Leroy C. Gould, Gary Kleck, Marc Gertz, Ken Plummer, Harold Garfinkel, Stephen J. Pfohl, Robert O. Keel, David Polizzi, Bruce A. Arrigo, Dragan Milovanovic

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