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Foucault, Crime and Power - Problematisations of Crime in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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Foucault, Crime and Power - Problematisations of Crime in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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This book presents a Foucauldian problematisation analysis of
crime, with a particular focus on the twentieth century. It
considers how crime has been conceived as problem and, by
scrutinising the responses that have been adapted to deal with
crime, demonstrates how a range of power modalities have evolved
throughout the twentieth century. Christian Borch shows how the
tendency of criminologists to focus on either disciplinary power or
governmentality has neglected the broader complex of Foucault's
concerns: ignoring its historical underpinnings, whilst for the
most part limiting studies to only very recent developments,
without giving sufficient attention to their historical backdrop.
The book uses developments in Denmark - developments that can be
readily identified in most other western countries - as a
paradigmatic case for understanding how crime has been
problematised in the West. Thus, Foucault, Crime and Power:
Problematisations of Crime in the Twentieth Century demonstrates
that a Foucauldian approach to crime holds greater analytical
potentials for criminological research than have so far been
recognized.
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