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Crime as Structured Action: Gender, Race, Class, and Crime in the Making - Couverture souple

Messerschmidt, James W.

 
9780761907183: Crime as Structured Action: Gender, Race, Class, and Crime in the Making
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0761907181 ISBN 13 : 9780761907183
Editeur : SAGE Publications, Inc, 1997

Synopsis

The author of this volume skillfully demonstrates that a vital component to understanding crime is to be able to view it as more than a single activity.

James W. Messerschmidt argues that crime operates subtly through a complex series of gender, race and class practices and these interwoven elements must be seen as part of all social existence, not viewed independently.

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À propos de la quatrième de couverture

"James W. Messerschmidt¿s book pushes the boundaries of criminology and gender research. Vivid material, imaginative analysis, important issues."

--R. W. Connell, Professor of Sociology, University of Sydney, Australia

A captivating book that advances new developments in theoretical criminology, Crime as Structured Action explores the relation between structure and action and among gender, race, and class, both of which are at the forefront of contemporary debates in the social sciences. Author James W. Messerschmidt skillfully demonstrates that to understand crime we must appreciate how crime operates through a complex series of gender, race, and class practices. Crime must be examined by focusing on people in specific social settings, what they do to construct social relations and social structures, and how these social structures constrain and channel behavior in specific ways. The twin focal points of Messerschmidt¿s approach are the inseparability of structure and action and the situational salience of constructing gender, race, class, and those acts we label "crime."

Engaging and thought-provoking, Crime as Structured Action appeals to a broad readership that includes researchers, academics, and students in the fields of criminology, sociology, gender studies, and social work.

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Éditeur
SAGE Publications, Inc
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0761907181
ISBN 13 
9780761907183
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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