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Howard (Hrsg.) Davis

Ignorance, Power and Harm

Agnotology and The Criminological Imagination

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This book discusses the concept of 'agnosis' and its significance for criminology through a series of case studies, contributing to the expansion of the criminological imagination. Agnotology - the study of the cultural production of ignorance, has primarily been proposed as an analytical tool in the fields of science and medicine. However, this book argues that it has significant resonance for criminology and the social sciences given that ignorance is a crucial means through which public acceptance of serious and sometimes mass harms is achieved. The editors argue that this phenomenon requires a systematic inquiry into ignorance as an area… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Barton, Alana (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-3-319-97342-5
  • EAN: 9783319973425
  • Produktnummer: 27734559
  • Verlag: Springer International Publishing
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 260 S.
  • Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.9 cm 453 g
  • Auflage: 1st ed. 2018
  • Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 453

Über den Autor


Alana Barton is Reader in Criminology at Edge Hill University. She has previously worked at the University of Central Lancashire and Liverpool John Moores University. Alana is the author of Fragile Moralities and Dangerous Sexualities (Ashgate, 2005) and co-editor of Expanding the Criminological Imagination (Willan, 2007). Howard Davis is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Edge Hill University. He had a previous career as a social worker, working in the fields of child protection, trauma and bereavement. He has published in a range of journals including the British Journal of Social Work, Disasters, and the British Journal of Criminology.

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