A Philosophy of the Social Construction of Crime / / David Polizzi.

It is well known that the social definition of individuals and ethnic groups helps legitimize how they are addressed by law enforcement. The philosophy of the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour reflects how individuals, such as police officers, construct meaning from the perspective...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Complete eBook-Package 2015
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (104 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Phenomenology, Social Construction, and Criminality: Some Beginning Observations
  • The Phenomenology of the Social Construction of Crime: Social Context and Structural Realities, and the Meaning of Being
  • The Social Construction of Criminal Behavior: Toward a Phenomenology of Strain
  • Some Closing Reflections
  • References
  • Index