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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955761903321

Autore

Box Steven

Titolo

Power, crime, and mystification / / Steven Box

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Tavistock Publications, 1983

ISBN

1-134-94804-2

1-138-13818-5

1-134-94805-0

1-280-06936-8

9786610069361

0-203-40775-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

Tavistock studies in sociology

Disciplina

364.1/0941

Soggetti

Corporations - Corrupt practices - Great Britain

Police corruption - Great Britain

Police - Complaints against - Great Britain

Rape - Great Britain

Power (Social sciences)

Female offenders - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [224]-246.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Crime, power, and ideological mystification; Corporate crime; Police crime; Rape and sexual assaults on females; Powerlessness and crime; the case of female crime; Crime, power, and justice; References; Subject index; Name index

Sommario/riassunto

One of the classics of radical criminology - a compelling account of how power and powerlessness operate within the criminal justice system.