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For decades, scholars have disagreed about what kinds of behavior count as crime. Is it simply a violation of the criminal law? Is it behavior that causes serious harm? Is the seriousness affected by how many people are harmed and does it make a difference who those people are? Are crimes less criminal if the victims are black, lower class, or foreigners? When corporations victimize workers is that a crime? What about when governments violate basic human rights of their citizens, and who then polices governments? In What Is Crime? the first book-length treatment of the topic, contributors debate the content of crime from diverse perspectives: consensus/moral, cultural/relative, conflict/power, anarchist/critical, feminist, racial/ethnic, postmodernist, and integrational. Henry and Lanier synthesize these perspectives and explore what each means for crime control policy.
| Published | Feb 07 2001 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9780847698073 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
