Power, Crime and Mystification
by
Steven Box
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
041504572X
ISBN-13
9780415045728
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 24th, 1983
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
392 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.20 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Crime & criminology
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One of the classics of radical criminology - a compelling account of how power and powerlessness operate within the criminal justice system.
Power, Crime, and Mystification is one of the classics of radical criminology -a compelling account of how power and powerlessness operate within the criminal justice system. Questioning the orthodox view that it is powerlessness that leads to serious criminal behaviour, Steven Box focuses on the serious crimes committed by those in positions of power and privilege, particularly in government agencies and multinational corporations. He also points out that some relatively powerless groups, such as women, hardly commit any serious crimes at all. He suggests that crime can be the extreme form of otherwise socially sanctioned behaviour and, in taking this approach, provides coherent answers to the questions How does a society define crime? and ''What is the difference between justice and social control?. A major implication of Steven Box''s stimulating analysis is that definitions of serious crime, the criminal justice process, and government penal policies are all in need of review. So far these have been more concerned with regulating, controlling, and demoralizing relatively powerless groups than with tackling real crime.
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