Rethinking Knife Crime

Policing, Violence and Moral Panic?

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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This critical textbook looks beyond the immediate data on knife crime to try and make sense of what is a global phenomenon. The book explores knife crime in its global and historical context and examines crime patterns including the “second wave” of knife crime in Britain.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-10-02
Mått148 x 210 x 28 mm
Vikt518 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor382
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030837419

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Elaine is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Greenwich, UK. She specialises in the politics of knife crime with extensive experience in youth work practice and crime prevention in southeast London. Peter Squires is Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Public Policy at the University of Brighton, UK. He is the author/editor of eleven books and has been involved in a number of research projects and commissions exploring knives and street weapons, gangs and youth violence prevention.

1. Introduction. ‘There Is No Home Office Definition Of Knife Crime’- 2. Knives And Violence In History And Culture: A Global History Of Stabbing.- 3. A Prelude To ‘Knife Crime’:Gangs, Weapons And The ‘Macpherson Effect’.- 5. A Public Definition: The Making Of The ‘Knife Crime’ Label.- 5. A Moral Panic And The ‘War On Knife Crime’.- 6. The ‘Knife Crime Industry’: Knife Fetish And The Commodification Of Violence Prevention.- 7. The Realities Of Knife Crime: Life Beneath The Label.- 8. A Joined-Up Approach To Sustainable Violence Prevention?.- 9. Conclusion: Still Policing The Crisis?.