- Paperback: 264 pages
- Publisher: Willan; 1 edition (1 Sep 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 184392255X
- ISBN-13: 978-1843922551
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 664,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This book is criminological scholarship at its best: insightful, original, provocative and impassioned. Its central argument, that the rise of market culture and narcissistic consumerism lie at the heart of contemporary crime problems, deserves to be widely read, understood and appreciated.' − Dr Majid Yar, Professor of Sociology, University of Hull, UK
'When criminologists look back in 50 years' time at those books that pushed critical criminology forward they'll point to Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture. Frankly, if you don't love this book you shouldn't be a criminologist.' − Professor David Wilson, Centre for Criminal Justice Policy and Research, Birmingham City University, UK
'...theoretically advanced and written with passion and flair...'
'It is a larger than life portrayal of some elements of working-class criminal life to be more precise, but the work is nonetheless ambitious, forthright and bold. Their thesis is detailed and provocative and will appeal to a range of audiences and has been very positively received by leading criminologists as the plaudits on the back cover attest.'
'The book adds a great deal to the critical criminology literature and criminologists (and sociologists with an interest in crime) will read it with interest.'
-Tracy Shildrick, Professor of Sociology, University of Teesside, in Sociology vol 45 no 2 p.343-348
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This book offers the first in-depth investigation into the relationship between today's criminal identities and consumer culture. Using unique data taken from criminals locked in areas of permanent recession, the book aims to uncover feelings and attitudes towards a variety of criminal activities, investigating the incorporation of hearts and minds into consumer culture's surrogate social world and highlighting the relationship between the lived identities of active criminals and the socio-economic climate of instability and anxiety that permeates post-industrial Britain.
This book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and lecturers in all fields within the social sciences, but especially criminology, sociology, social policy, politics and anthropology.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Like all good books on sociology/ cultural studies this book isn't written to convince you as much as challenge to make you think. What it makes you think about is the possible meanings of late capitalism and how this has reflected on behaviour.
There are sections on criminal behaviour from case studies.Various theorists work like Thomas Frank, Salvoj Zizek and Jock Young which are all critically discussed and the authors go onto to give their own formulations of theorists they discuss.
Sections of the book are not all that easy like a discussion of Jacques Lacan whose work I am not that famaliar with. But it is well worth spending some time over for those who want to gain some interesting insights inot late capitalism.
There are sections on criminal behaviour from case studies.Various theorists work like Thomas Frank, Salvoj Zizek and Jock Young which are all critically discussed and the authors go onto to give their own formulations of theorists they discuss.
Sections of the book are not all that easy like a discussion of Jacques Lacan whose work I am not that famaliar with. But it is well worth spending some time over for those who want to gain some interesting insights inot late capitalism.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a current mature student of criminology I have found this text to be strikingly thought-provoking. The narrative places consumerism at the very heart of our understanding of the underlying causes of crime. The ethnographic research also provides a mass of insightful information which certainly succeeds in bringing the theory alive.
Overall, this book has provided me with a much deeper understanding of the underlying causes of crime, whilst I also feel its rejection of romantic notions of crime coupled with its brutal realism, is likely to see it widely accepted by the active criminal justice practitioners amongst us.
This book deserves to be read and appreciated!!
Overall, this book has provided me with a much deeper understanding of the underlying causes of crime, whilst I also feel its rejection of romantic notions of crime coupled with its brutal realism, is likely to see it widely accepted by the active criminal justice practitioners amongst us.
This book deserves to be read and appreciated!!
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