Crime and Social Change in Middle England [[electronic resource] ] : Questions of Order in an English Town
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| Autore: |
Girling Evi
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| Titolo: |
Crime and Social Change in Middle England [[electronic resource] ] : Questions of Order in an English Town
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.942 |
| Soggetto topico: | Crime |
| Crime - England - Macclesfield | |
| Crime prevention | |
| England | |
| Macclesfield | |
| Police | |
| Social change | |
| Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency | |
| Social Welfare & Social Work | |
| Social Sciences | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Macclesfield (England) Social conditions 20th century |
| Altri autori: |
LoaderIan
SparksRichard
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Crime and Social Change in Middle England: Questions of Order in an English Town; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Speaking of crime: Towards a sociology of public sensibilities; 2 About Macclesfield: Social change and a sense of place; 3 The common places of crime: Crime in local talk; 4 Youth, disorder and inter-generational conflicts; 5 Anxieties of affluence in Prestbury village; 6 Policing and demands for order; 7 Some meanings and futures of security; 8 Conclusions: From east Cheshire to the wider world; Glossary of place-names; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Crime and Social Change in Middle England offers a new way of looking at contemporary debates on the fear of crime. Using observation, interviews and documentary analysis it traces the reactions of citizens of one very ordinary town to events, conflicts and controversies around such topical subjects of criminological investigation as youth, public order, drugs, policing and home security in their community. In doing so it moves in place from comfortable suburbs to hard pressed inner city estates, from the affluent to the impoverished, from old people watching the town where they grew |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Crime and Social Change in Middle England |
| ISBN: | 1-134-67176-8 |
| 1-280-14052-6 | |
| 0-203-97996-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777066703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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