Harmful Societies: Understanding Social Harm

by Simon A. Pemberton

Book Overview

While the notion of social harm has long interested critical criminologists it is now being explored as an alternative field of study, which provides more accurate analyses of the vicissitudes of life.

However, important aspects of this notion remain undeveloped, in particular the definition of social harm, the question of responsibility and the methodologies for studying harm. This book, the first to theorise and define the social harm...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847427952
• ISBN13: 9781847427953
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"