David Polizzi

A philosophy of the social construction of crime

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It is well known that the social definition of individuals and ethnic groups helps legitimize how they are addressed by law enforcement. The philosophy of the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour reflects how individuals, such as police officers, construct meaning from the perspective from which they emerge, which in turn influences their law enforcement outlook. In the field, this is generally viewed through a positivist frame of reference which fails to critically examine assumptions of approach and practice. Written by an international specialist in this area, this is the first book which attempts to situate the social co… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4473-2734-9
EAN: 9781447327349
Produktnummer: 20517524
Verlag: Policy Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 104 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 387 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

David Polizzi is Associate Professor in the Criminology & Criminal Justice department at Indiana State University. He has taught as an adjunct at a variety of Pittsburgh area colleges since 1990. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University in 2002 and worked therapeutically with offender populations both in the community and in a maximum security penitentiary setting. He is the Editor in Chief of The Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology.