The Handbook of Social Control
Informacje o e-booku
This Handbook explores a variety of issues and themes on social control as being a central theme of criminological reflection. The text clearly demonstrates the rich heritage of the major relevant perspectives of social control and provides an overview of the most important theories and dimensions of social control today.
Written for academics, undergraduate, and graduate students in the fields of criminology, criminal justice, and sociology, The Handbook of Social Control is an indispensable resource that explores a contemporary view of the concept of social control.
O autorze
Mathieu Deflem is Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina, USA, and previously held positions at Kenyon College and Purdue University. His interests include international police cooperation, surveillance, popular culture and sociological theory, censorship, and law. To date, he has authored four books, including The Policing of Terrorism (2010) and Sociology of Law (2008).
