Comprising fourteen articles by leading international contributors,
including some of the most prominent socio-legal and criminological
scholars working in the field, this volume is currently the only
work available that critically examines W.G. Carson and his crucial
influence in the turn towards sociological approaches to
criminology and a criminological interest in governance and social
control.
The 1970s witnessed an epiphany in the sociological
understanding of crime in Britain. The correctional perspective,
which assumed crimes had inherent or essential qualities that
distinguished them from other acts, was superseded by the analysis
of how social events came to be defined as so harmful and repugnant
as to require criminalization. This shift in perspectives was
exemplified in W.G. Carson's work, which combines a Marxist
acknowledgement of the imperative for profit with a symbolic
interactionist attention to the restraining effect of prestige and
status among producers and regulators.
This key work is an essential read for postgraduates and
researchers studying and researching in the areas of criminology
and law.
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