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The Myth of the 'Crime Decline' - Exploring Change and Continuity in Crime and Harm (Paperback)
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The Myth of the 'Crime Decline' - Exploring Change and Continuity in Crime and Harm (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
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The Myth of the 'Crime Decline' seeks to critically interrogate the
supposed statistical decline of crime rates, thought to have
occurred in a number of predominantly Western countries over the
past two decades. Whilst this trend of declining crime rates seems
profound, serious questions need to be asked. Data sources need to
be critically interrogated and context needs to be provided. This
book seeks to do just that. This book examines the wider
socio-economic and politico-cultural context within which this
decline in crime is said to have occurred, highlighting the
changing nature and landscape of crime and its ever deepening
resistance to precise measurement. By drawing upon original
qualitative research and cutting edge criminological theory, this
book offers an alternative view of the reality of crime and harm.
In doing so it seeks to reframe the 'crime decline' discourse and
provide a more accurate account of this puzzling contemporary
phenomenon. Additionally, utilising a new theoretical framework
developed by the author, this book begins to explain why the 'crime
decline' discourse has been so readily accepted. Written in an
accessible yet theoretical and informed manner, this book is a
must-read for academics and students in the fields of criminology,
sociology, social policy, and the philosophy of social sciences.
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