Crime, Disorder and Symbolic Violence
Governing the Urban Periphery
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Human Geography, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology
| Author: | M. Bowden | ISBN: | 9781137330369 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | November 20, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | M. Bowden |
| ISBN: | 9781137330369 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | November 20, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This timely book provides a theoretical and empirical engagement with contemporary understandings of the governance of crime, safety and security. Using a Bourdieuian framework, Bowden explores concepts such as capital, habitus and symbolic power to present an analytic tool-kit for a critically engaged public criminology.
This timely book provides a theoretical and empirical engagement with contemporary understandings of the governance of crime, safety and security. Using a Bourdieuian framework, Bowden explores concepts such as capital, habitus and symbolic power to present an analytic tool-kit for a critically engaged public criminology.
