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CULTURAL CRIMINOLOGY
CULTURAL
CRIMINOLOGY
NEW
Crime, Policy and the Media
The Shaping of Criminal Justice, 1989-2010
Jon Silverman, University of Bedfordshire, UK
‘Silverman challenges us to
maintain the checks and
balances of a civilized
society, the debate that
underpins it and, in spite of
the inevitable noises from
the media which challenge
the establishment, to
respond with thoughtfulness
and balance.’ – David
Blunkett, MP
Media clamour on issues
relating to crime, justice and
civil liberties has never been more insistent. Whether it is
the murder of James Bulger or detaining terrorist
suspects for long periods without trial, mediated
comment has grown immeasurably over the last twenty
years. So, how does it interact with and shape policy in
these fields? How do the politicians both respond to and
try to manipulate the media which permeates our
society and culture?
Crime, Policy and the Media is the first academic text to
map the relationship between a rapidly changing media
and policymaking in criminal justice. Spanning the
period, 1989-2010, it examines a number of case studies
– terrorism, drugs, sentencing, policing and public
protection, amongst others – and interrogates key
policy-makers (including six former Home Secretaries, a
former Lord Chief Justice, Attorney-General, senior
police officers, government advisers and leading
commentators) about the impact of the media on their
thinking and practice.
Bolstered by content and framing analysis, it argues that,
especially, in the last decade, fear of media criticism and
the Daily Mail effect has restricted the policymaking
agenda in crime and justice, concluding that the
expanding influence of the Internet and Web 2.0 has
begun to undermine some of the ways in which
agencies such as the police have gained and held a
presentational advantage.
Written by a former BBC Home Affairs Correspondent,
with unrivalled access to the highest reaches of
policy-making, it is both academically rigorous and
accessible and will be of interest to both scholars and
practitioners in media and criminal justice.
Selected Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Media
and the Punitive Gene 3. Politicians, Media and Judges
4. Protecting the Public or Protecting the Politicians 5. Home
Secretaries Against the Home Office 6. In the Shadow of
Number Ten 7. Addicted to Distortion: The Media and UK
Drugs Policy 8. The Cannabis Conundrum 9. Police and the
Media 10. A Changing Media – and a New Media
11. Terrorism and the Politics of Response 12. Conclusion.
Appendix: List of Interviewees
October 2011: 234 x 156: 200pp
Hb: 978-0-415-67231-3: $135.00
Pb: 978-0-415-67232-0: $49.95
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NEW
The Problem of Pleasure
Leisure, Tourism and Crime
Edited by Carol Jones, University of Gloucestershire,
UK, Elaine Barclay, University of New England,
Australia and Rob Mawby, University of
Gloucestershire, UK
The Problem of Pleasure brings
together leading academics
from the UK, the US, South
Africa, Australia and New
Zealand to examine several
aspects of leisure that are
vulnerable to crime, from illegal
hunting to street racing, as well
as the impact of crime upon
tourists and the tourism
industry.
Selected Contents:
1. Introduction: The Problem of
Pleasure – Theoretical Foundations 2. The Paradox of
Cinematic Sexual Violence as Entertainment 3. Crime Time:
The Rise of Police Programming on Television 4. The Making,
Shaking and Taking of Public Spaces 5. Playgrounds Without
Frontiers: Movin’, Moddin’, Pushing the Boundaries of
Pleasure 6. Impermissible Pleasures in UK Leisure: Exploring
Policy Developments in Alcohol and Illicit Drugs 7. The
Problem of Access: Outdoor Leisure Activities and Access to
Private Rural Land 8. Public Disorder, Antisocial Behaviour
and Alcohol-Related Crime: From the Metropilis to the Tourist
Resort 9. Sin City v. Fantasyland: Crime, Legislation and
Policing in Two Different Tourism Environments 10. ‘There
Can Be No Orcs in New Zealand’: Do Media Representations
of Crime Tarnish Tourism? 11. Visitor Perceptions of
Crime-Safety and Attituded Towards Risk: The Case of Table
Mountain National Park, Cape Town 12. Crime and Safety
within Caravan Populations: An Australian Survey 13. Tourist
Victimisation – An Exploratory Survey from Ghana 14. The
Tourist Victim: Paradise Lost or Paradise Regained?
November 2011: 234 x 156: 264pp
Hb: 978-0-415-67236-8: $140.00
Pb: 978-0-415-67258-0: $49.95
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Serial Killers
Psychiatry, Criminology, Responsibility
Francesca Biagi-Chai
Translated by Veronique Voruz, University of
Leicester, UK and Phillip Dravers, University of
Pittsburgh, USA
Francesca Biagi-Chai’s book – a translation from the
French of Le Cas Landru – tackles the issue of criminal
responsibility in the case of serial killers, and other ‘mad’
people who are nonetheless deemed to be answerable
before the law in most jurisdictions. The author, a
Lacanian psychoanalyst and senior psychiatrist in France,
with extensive experience working in institutional
settings, analyzes the logic informing the crimes of
famous serial killers.
Selected Contents: Foreword Jacques-Alain Miller
Introduction: Revisiting the Question of Madness, Véronique
Voruz and Suzanne Yang 1. The Enigma of Serial Killers 2.
Case Study of a Serial Killer Henri-Désiré Landru 3. Landru
and Women: Three Categories Plus One 4. Landru and Men:
A World Divided in Two 5. Landru’s Psychosis 6. Further
Case-Studies. Conclusion. Criminal Responsibilities
September 2011: 234 x 156: 216pp
Hb: 978-0-415-56112-9: $125.00
eBook: 978-0-203-80505-3
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FORMS OF CRIME
FORTHCOMING IN 2012
Domestic Violence and
Criminal Justice
Nicola Groves and Terry Thomas, both at Leeds
Metropolitan University, UK
This book aims to provide an up-to-date and
comprehensive introduction to the subject of domestic
violence and its interaction with the criminal justice
system – taken to mean the response that is made to
domestic violence through agencies that include the
police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the probation
service and Children’s Services, the courts and the prison
service, as well as by voluntary agencies such as
Women’s Aid.
Selected Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Theories and
Explanations 3. Policy and Law 4. Policing 5. Working
Together 6. Prosecution 7. The Courts, Sentencing and
Punishment 8. Conclusions
December 2012: 234 x 156: 224pp
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FORTHCOMING IN 2012
Gun Crime in Global Contexts
Peter Squires, University of Brighton, UK
This book offers a cutting edge account of recent
developments in the politics of gun crime and the
surrounding social and theoretical issues; it will be key
reading for students engaged in youth crime, violent
crime and comparative criminal justice.
Selected Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Spectre
of the Gun 3. Gun Crime and Politics in the UK 4. the
Making of American Gun Culture 5. Gun Crime and Poltics
in the USA 6. International Gun Crime 7. Gun Crime and
Theory
January 2013: 234 x 156: 224pp
Hb: 978-0-415-68859-8: $130.00
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Life as a Weapon
The Global Rise of Suicide Bombings
Riaz Hassan, Flinders University, Australia
Suicide bombing has become a weapon of choice
among terrorist groups because of its lethality and ability
to cause mayhem and fear. But who carries out these
acts, and what motivates them? By undertaking analysis
of the information in the most comprehensive suicide
terrorism database in the world, Life as a Weapon seeks
to question and in turn undermine the common
perception that the psychopathology of suicide bombers
and their religious beliefs are the principal causes.
2010: 234 x 156: 288pp
Hb: 978-0-415-58885-0: $169.00
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