Descript |
xviii, 451 p. ; 24 cm. |
Edition |
2nd ed. |
Note |
"35th anniversary edition." on cover. |
Contents |
The social history of a 'moral panic' -- The origins of social control -- The social production of news -- Balancing accounts : cashing in on handsworth -- Orchestrating public opinion -- Explanations and ideologies of crime -- Crime, law and the state -- The law-and-order society : the exhaustion of 'consent' -- The law-and-order society : towards the 'exceptional state' -- The politics of 'mugging'. |
ISBN |
9781137007186 (pbk) |
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1137007184 (pbk) |
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1137007192 (hbk) |
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9781137007193 (hbk) |
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