The Problem of Pleasure: Leisure, Tourism and Crime

Author:   Carol Jones (University of Gloucestershire, UK) ,  Elaine Barclay (University of New England, Australia) ,  Rob Mawby (University of Gloucestershire, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415672580


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   21 November 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Carol Jones (University of Gloucestershire, UK) ,  Elaine Barclay (University of New England, Australia) ,  Rob Mawby (University of Gloucestershire, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9780415672580


ISBN 10:   0415672589
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   21 November 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction: The Problem of Pleasure – Theoretical Foundations 2. The Paradox of Cinematic Sexual Violence as Entertainment 3. Crime Time: The Rise of Police Programming on Television 4. The Making, Shaking and Taking of Public Spaces 5. Playgrounds Without Frontiers: Movin’, Moddin’, Pushing the Boundaries of Pleasure 6. Impermissible Pleasures in UK Leisure: Exploring Policy Developments in Alcohol and Illicit Drugs 7.The Problem of Access: Outdoor Leisure Activities and Access to Private Rural Land 8. Public Disorder, Antisocial Behaviour and Alcohol-Related Crime: From the Metropilis to the Tourist Resort 9. Sin City v. Fantasyland: Crime, Legislation and Policing in Two Different Tourism Environments 10. 'There Can Be No Orcs in New Zealand': Do Media Representations of Crime Tarnish Tourism? 11. Visitor Perceptions of Crime-Safety and Attituded Towards Risk: The Case of Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town 12. Crime and Safety within Caravan Populations: An Australian Survey 13. Tourist Victimisation – An Exploratory Survey from Ghana 14. The Tourist Victim: Paradise Lost or Paradise Regained?

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Carol Jones and Rob Mawby are criminologists associated with the University of Gloucestershire, UK . Elaine Barclay is a criminologist at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

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