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The myth of the "crime decline" : exploring change and continuity in crime and harm

By Justin , Kotze

Book information

Publisher
New York : Routledge
Year
2019
ISBN
9780815353935, 0815353936
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4553254 bytes)
Series
Routledge studies in crime and society; Routledge studies in crime and society.
Edition
1 Edition.
Pages
188\203
Time added
2019-12-23 00:55:14
Crime;Crime prevention

Description

Introduction: a picture in search of a new frame -- Constructing the statistical quilt for the comfortable dream: exploring the "international crime decline" -- Context is everything -- Invisible crimes and non-criminalised harms -- A view from life on the precipice -- Paradigmatic dominance and eyes wide shut : beyond positivism and constructionism -- Dreaming comfortably : theorising the "crime decline" and modernity's dream myth -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

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