Cultural criminology and the carnival of crime /

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Author / Creator:Presdee, Mike, 1944-
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Description:1 online resource ([ix], 182 pages) : plates
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129585
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ISBN:0203299140
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175) and index.
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Summary:Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime attempts to make sense of the current increase in violence, cruelty, hate and humiliation, which has come to permeate daily life. The text argues that an overly organised economic world has provoked a widespread desire for extreme, oppositional forms of popular and personal pleasure. This desire has resulted in a cathartic 'second life' of illicit pleasures often deemed criminal by those in power. Amongst the exciting issues Mike Presdee addresses are:* joyriding* street crime* antisocial behaviour in private via the inter.
Other form:Print version: Presdee, Mike, 1944- Cultural criminology and the carnival of crime. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 0415239095 0415239109
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