Devilry, deviance, and public sphere : the social discovery of moral panic in eighteenth century London / / Christopher Hamerton |
Autore | Hamerton Christopher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 pages) |
Disciplina | 302.17 |
Soggetto topico | Moral panics |
ISBN |
9783031148835
9783031148828 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Commencing the Procession -- Finding Folk Devils and Moral Panics in Eighteenth-Century London -- The Structure and Scope of This Book -- References -- 2 Crime History, Historical Criminology, and Moral Panic Theory -- The Emergence of the New Left and Social History from Below -- Coming of Age: Albion's Fatal Tree -- Historicising Folk Devils and Moral Panics -- London as Host of the Burgeoning Public Sphere -- The Appliance of Social Science -- Cohen, Goode and Ben-Yehuda, and the Socio-Historical Locus of Moral Panic Theory -- References -- 3 The Shaping of Opinion: Literacy, Media, and Folk Devils in Eighteenth-Century London -- Eighteenth-Century London as Public Sphere -- Literacy, Oral Culture, Idea Transmission -- The Significance of Imagery to Consensus of Morality -- From Popular Press to Watchman Press -- Unearthing the Origins of Folk Devils: Beyond the Newgate Calendar -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 4 The Crucible of the Young Metropolis -- Living Cheek by Jowl: Stratification, Diversity, and Built Environment in the City -- Hub of Commerce, Temptation, and Strain -- Mobile vulgaris: The Noise of Thousands of Tongues and Feet -- The Morality of the Mob: Consensus and Symbolism in the Beggar's Opera -- The Contradiction of Social Control Within the Infancy of Criminal Justice -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 5 Who Has Not Trembled at the Mohocks Name? Panic on the Streets, 1712 -- Rake Culture and Gang Violence -- Discovery: A Small Nation of Savages -- Prediction: Press Consolidation and Calls for Order -- Consensus and Disproportionality by Royal Proclamation -- Political Capitalism and the Guardians of Order -- Perspective: Defoe, Gay, and Tragi-Comical Farce -- Dénouement and Symbolisation.
Concluding Thoughts on This Episode -- References -- 6 Kill-Grief and Comfort: Madam Geneva and the London Gin Panic, 1720-1751 -- No Devil in the Native Drink -- Innovation and Discovery: The Seductive Madam Geneva -- Always Roving: The Revenue Imperative and the Human Cost -- The Trial of the Spirits: Legislative Window Dressing -- The Premature Death of Madam Geneva -- The Lesser of Two Evils: Crime, Consensus, and Moral Regulation -- Concluding Thoughts on This Episode -- References -- 7 Morality Amid Monstrosity: The London Monster Panic, 1790 -- Sex, the Metropolis, and the Monstrosity of Deviance -- Folk Devils and Sexual Monsters -- Discovery: 'Oh ho! Is That You!' -- The Pursuit of Decency: Consensus, Panic, and the Press -- Moral Entrepreneurship and the Focussing of Hostility -- Hysteria, Ridicule, and Iconography -- Capture, Censure, and the Machinations of Trial by Media -- Concluding Thoughts on This Episode -- References -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910632473403321 |
Hamerton Christopher | ||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Privatising criminal justice : history, neoliberal penalty and the commodification of crime / / Christopher Hamerton and Sue Hobbs |
Autore | Hamerton Christopher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 pages) |
Disciplina | 364 |
Soggetto topico |
Privatization
Private prisons Police, Private Criminal justice, Administration of |
ISBN |
1-315-70981-3
1-317-48707-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From nationalisation to privatisation, or bringing capitalism to the people -- 3 The free market panacea and putting the State up for sale -- 4 Transatlantic crossing, or the appeal of American know-how in the age of risk, responsibilisation and rising crime -- 5 Public sector outsourcing, the contract culture and the myth of the regulatory State -- 6 The private and public police, or there and back -- 7 The public and private police, or back to the future -- 8 Prison privatisation and the foundation of public privilege -- 9 Prison privatisation and normalisation in the neoliberal State: between dispersal of decency and diffusion of duty -- 10 The ascendency of the business ideal and the marketisation of offender services -- 11 Interrogating the failed probation experiment, or it wasn't broken, so why did they try to fix it? -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795994203321 |
Hamerton Christopher | ||
London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Privatising criminal justice : history, neoliberal penalty and the commodification of crime / / Christopher Hamerton and Sue Hobbs |
Autore | Hamerton Christopher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 pages) |
Disciplina | 364 |
Soggetto topico |
Privatization
Private prisons Police, Private Criminal justice, Administration of |
ISBN |
1-315-70981-3
1-317-48707-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From nationalisation to privatisation, or bringing capitalism to the people -- 3 The free market panacea and putting the State up for sale -- 4 Transatlantic crossing, or the appeal of American know-how in the age of risk, responsibilisation and rising crime -- 5 Public sector outsourcing, the contract culture and the myth of the regulatory State -- 6 The private and public police, or there and back -- 7 The public and private police, or back to the future -- 8 Prison privatisation and the foundation of public privilege -- 9 Prison privatisation and normalisation in the neoliberal State: between dispersal of decency and diffusion of duty -- 10 The ascendency of the business ideal and the marketisation of offender services -- 11 Interrogating the failed probation experiment, or it wasn't broken, so why did they try to fix it? -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808821103321 |
Hamerton Christopher | ||
London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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