Description
Crime forms only a small and often insignificant amount of the harm experienced by people. While custom and tradition play an important role in the perpetuation of some types of harm, many forms of harm are rooted in the inequalities and social divisions systematically produced in - and by - contemporary states.
Exploring a range of topics including violence, indifference, corporate and state harms, murder, children, asylum and immigration policies, sexuality and poverty, the contributors raise a number of theoretical and methodological issues associated with a social harm approach. Only once we have identified the origins, scale and consequences of social harms, they argue, can we begin to formulate possible responses -- and these are more likely to be located in public and social policy than in the criminal justice system.
The book provides an original and challenging new perspective that goes beyond criminology - one which will be of interest to students, teachers and policy makers.
About the Author
Paddy Hillyard is a Professor of Sociology at Queen's University, Belfast. His research focuses on social order and control in modern welfare states, with particular attention to violence, criminality, poverty, and inequality. He has done extensive work on political violence in Northern Ireland and Britain and the attendant growth of police power. His recent work includes research not only in Northern Ireland but also South Africa and Lebanon. He is the co-author of Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously (Pluto Press). Christina Pantazis is Research Fellow in Social Justice at the University of Bristol. Steve Tombs is Head of the Department of Social Policy and Criminology at the Open University Dave Gordon is Professor of Social Justice at the University of Bristol.
Book Information
ISBN 9780745319032
Author Paddy Hillyard
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Pluto Press
Publisher Pluto Press
Weight(grams) 439g
Exploring a range of topics including violence, indifference, corporate and state harms, murder, children, asylum and immigration policies, sexuality and poverty, the contributors raise a number of theoretical and methodological issues associated with a social harm approach. Only once we have identified the origins, scale and consequences of social harms, they argue, can we begin to formulate possible responses -- and these are more likely to be located in public and social policy than in the criminal justice system.
The book provides an original and challenging new perspective that goes beyond criminology - one which will be of interest to students, teachers and policy makers.
About the Author
Paddy Hillyard is a Professor of Sociology at Queen's University, Belfast. His research focuses on social order and control in modern welfare states, with particular attention to violence, criminality, poverty, and inequality. He has done extensive work on political violence in Northern Ireland and Britain and the attendant growth of police power. His recent work includes research not only in Northern Ireland but also South Africa and Lebanon. He is the co-author of Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously (Pluto Press). Christina Pantazis is Research Fellow in Social Justice at the University of Bristol. Steve Tombs is Head of the Department of Social Policy and Criminology at the Open University Dave Gordon is Professor of Social Justice at the University of Bristol.
Book Information
ISBN 9780745319032
Author Paddy Hillyard
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Pluto Press
Publisher Pluto Press
Weight(grams) 439g
