Binding: Paperback
Description: Shades of Deviance is a turbo - driven guide to crime and deviance. It offers politically engaged thought - provoking and accessibly written accounts of a wide range of socially and legally prohibited acts. This updated and revised edition is designed to be essential reading for general readers undergraduate students in the fields of criminology and sociology and those preparing to embark on degree courses in these fields. Written by field - leading experts from across the globe and designed for those who want a clear and exciting introduction to the complex areas of crime and deviance this book provides short overviews of a wide range of social problems harms and criminal acts offering a series of cutting - edge and critical treatments of issues such as war and terrorism incels and the alt - right ecocide trolling hate crime and chemsex. A guide is also given to further readings and films to develop the reader's understanding of these issues. This new edition has been fully revised and extended with new entries on robot sex protest child soldiers online abuse cybercrime drug trafficking gangs and weapon use. Shades of Deviance encourages readers to critically reconsider their ideas about what is right and wrong about what is socially harmful and which problems we should focus our attention on. It offers careful analysis and reasoned explanation of complex issues in a world in which sensationalist headlines anxiety and fear about crime permeate our lives. Read it to be prepared for some of the key debates shaping the world to come.
Title: Shades Of Deviance A Primer On Crime Deviance And Social Harm
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367685874
Pages: 278 Pages, 1 Tables, Black And White
Publication Date: 11/4/2022
Category: Criminology: Legal Aspects