Title
Geometries of Crime: How Young People Perceive Crime and Justice
Files
Department
Justice Studies
Description
This book explores how young people perceive the severity of crime and delinquency. It particularly addresses whom or what they consider to be the victims of crime and delinquency, how they analyze and assess appropriate responses by the criminal justice system, as well as their place within it. The book proposes tools for developing a more elaborate and robust understanding of what constitutes crime, identifying those affected by it, and what is deemed adequate or appropriate punishment. In so doing, it offers thick description of young peoples' conceptions of and experiences with crime, delinquency, justice and law, and uses this description to interrogate the role of the state in influencing - indeed, shaping - these perceptions.
ISBN
978-1-137-54620-3
Publication Date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
City
London
Keywords
crime, sociology, juveniles, attitudes, justice studies
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice | Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance
Recommended Citation
Brisman, Avi, "Geometries of Crime: How Young People Perceive Crime and Justice" (2016). EKU Faculty and Staff Books Gallery. 12.
https://encompass.eku.edu/fs_books/12
