Social Threat and Social Control (SUNY Series in Deviance and Social Control) - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 079140904X ISBN 13 : 9780791409046

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1992

Synopsis

This book examines the conflict theory of social control, particularly the threat hypothesis. It asserts that deviance and crime control are responses to social threats such as criminal acts and riots, and to people perceived as threatening such as minorities and the unemployed. The authors use threat hypothesis to organize the diverse literatures on social control, use new data to resolve crucial issues, and integrate current perspectives to develop the threat proposition. They analyze patterns of deviance and crime control ranging from fatal or lethal controls such as state executions or lynching, to physical restraint such as imprisonment, to beneficient controls such as mental health hospitalization and even welfare.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Allen E. Liska is Profesor of Sociology at the State University of New York, Albany. He is the author of The Impact of Attitudes on Behavior: The Consistence Controversy and Perspectives on Deviance. He is the coeditor of Theoretical Integration in the Study of Deviance and Crime: Problems and Prospects, also published by SUNY Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 079140904X
• ISBN 13: 9780791409046
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 254
• Éditeur: Liska Allen E.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible