Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously.HV6028 2004-276468 0-7453-1903-3 Beyond criminology criminology, the study of crime, society's response to it, and its prevention, including examination of the environmental, hereditary, or psychological causes of crime, modes of criminal investigation and conviction, and the efficacy of punishment or correction (see ; taking harm seriously. Title main entry. Ed. by Paddy Hillyard et al. Pluto Press Pluto Press is a progressive, independent publisher based in London. It was founded in 1969 by Richard Kuper and others as an arm of International Socialism, the forerunner of the Socialist Workers Party in the UK. , [c]2004 332 p. $29.95 (pa) Moving beyond criminology's focus on harms defined by whether or not they constitute a crime, British law scholars and social scientists look at all the different types of harms that people experience during their lifetime. They argue that bracketing A still camera technique for ensuring correct exposure. One picture is taken directly at, one slightly under and one slightly over the estimated exposure. See bracket. crime away from other harms and focusing only on it provides a partial and biased view of the nature and extent of harms, and casts into suspicion any attempt to explain the origin of criminal harms. Distributed in the US by University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. Press. |
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