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This book discusses a range of crimes of the powerless as well as crimes of the powerful. Against conventional analysis of criminal behaviour as a result of social disadvantage, unemployment, or lack of resources, the author argues that abundance of opportunities and resources may lead to specific forms of criminality. The originality of this book lies in its joint analysis of `crimes in the street' and `crimes of the elite'.

This book discusses a range of crimes committed by the powerless and the powerful. Working against conventional analyses of criminal behavior as the result of social disadvantage, unemployment, or lack of resources, the author argues that abundance of opportunities and resources may lead to specific forms of criminality.

This book examines the origin, philosophy and achievements of abolitionism and reviews the literature on penal abolitionism from the 1960s to the 1980s.

This book argues that critical criminology today can be reimagined if new concepts are elaborated which bring academic efforts close to the practices of social movements.

This book argues that critical criminology today can be reimagined if new concepts are elaborated which bring academic efforts close to the practices of social movements.

This book explores organized crime and terror networks and the points at which they intersect. Looking both at organized crime in general, as well as terror networks, this book also explores the close relationships between organized crime and terrorist networks and considers possible directions for future research.

This book explores organized crime and terror networks and the points at which they intersect. It analyzes the close relationships between these criminalities, the prevalence and ambiguity of this nexus, the technological elements facilitating it, and the financial aspects embedded in this criminal partnership"--

This book offers a typology of different forms of political violence. From systemic and institutional violence, to the behaviour of crowds, to armed conflict and terrorism, Ruggiero draws on a range of perspectives from criminology, social theory, political science, critical legal studies and literary criticism to consider how these forms of violence are linked"--

This book offers a typology of different forms of political violence. From systemic and institutional violence, to the behaviour of crowds, to armed conflict and terrorism, Ruggiero draws on a range of perspectives from criminology, social theory, political science, critical legal studies and literary criticism to consider how these forms of violence are linked"--

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This timely reader provides an anthology of the literature on social movements, including the key texts relating to the notions of conflict, social change and collective action. The editors have selected and commented on the cameos found in this field of analysis and research, from classical sociology through to contemporary social movement theory.

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Understanding Political Violence introduces political violence in the context of sociological and criminological debates. The author distinguishes between political violence from below, for example collective violence, insurgency, armed struggle and terrorism, and political violence from above, which includes indiscriminate repression, institutional and state violence, torture and war. Vincenzo Ruggiero discusses and critiques the contribution...

Examining the social movements and urban life in European cities today, this text covers traditional areas of urban studies, sociological concerns about the concept of change and the characteristics of social movements.

Navigating financial crashes of the Late Middle Ages up to the present day and analysing them through the lenses of classical, positivist, functionalist and Marxist criminology, this book explores the growth of grey areas in the financial world and our understanding, or misunderstanding, of financial delinquency.

This collection, from a range of leading international scholars, looks at penal practice in a variety of different European countries. Noting particularities as well as similarities, such as the overuse of imprisonment and the use of harsher sanctions against the poor, this book questions how we justify and deliver punishment in Europe.

Vincent Ruggiero's wide ranging study takes in several authors, including Victor Hugo, Camus, Cervantes and Emile Zola, and addresses themes such as organized crime, the links between crime and drugs, political and administrative corruption, concepts of deviancy and the criminal justice process.

Hugo. Dostoyevski. Camus. Cervantes. Mann. Zola Organize suc. Uyusturucu. Fuhus. Politik cöküsler... Yozlasmis hükümetler..Edebiyat ve Suc bir edebiyat elestirisi degil, ama sucun edebiyata yansimasi ve yansitilmasi konusunda pek cok klasik edebiyat eserini sosyolojik ve kriminolojik acidan inceleyerek sarsici sonuclara ulasan kapsamli bir calisma

This book provides an analysis of the two concepts of power and crime and posits that criminologists can learn more about these concepts by incorporating ideas from disciplines outside of criminology. Although arguably a 'rendezvous' discipline, Vincenzo Ruggiero argues that criminology can gain much insight from other fields such as the political sciences, ethics, social theory, critical legal studies, economic theory, and classical literature.

The New European Criminology gathers together leading criminologists from all over Europe to consider crime and responses to crime within and across national borders. For the first time it allows students to experience the most exciting work in European criminology and to compare approaches to crime in different parts of Europe. The five sections of the book look at: * the effects of European harmonisation on crime * criminal justice, law enfo...