Description
Why are some harms defined as crimes while others are not? This pioneering collection disrupts the boundaries of criminology, offering a bold, innovative exploration of crime, state power and social harm across historical and global contexts.
Bridging zemiology, governmentality studies, and decolonial theory, this book offers a fresh perspective on how the colonial roots and ongoing dynamics of global capitalism perpetuate harm, particularly in the Global South. Through compelling case studies on topics such as tourism, drugs, non-human animals, food, ecology, minoritized groups and migration, it reveals how colonial legacies and structural injustices shape who experiences harm, whose experiences are acknowledged - and how harm may be resisted.
About the Author
Steve Tombs is Professor of Criminology at the Open University. He has a long-standing interest in the incidence, nature and regulation of corporate and state crime, and has published widely on these matters. He works closely with the Hazards movement in the UK, was a founding member and Chair of the Centre for Corporate Accountability, and is on the Board of Inquest.
Reviews
'A critical account of the possibilities of criminology for addressing the injustices of historical and social harm, as well as the discipline's inherent limitations. It speaks to the authors' research trajectories.' Gustavo Rojas-Paez, University of Sussex
Book Information
ISBN 9781529239829
Author Lynne Copson
Format Hardback
Page Count 324
Imprint Bristol University Press
Publisher Bristol University Press
