Constructing Crime: Contemporary Processes of Criminalization

ISBN 10: 0774818204 / ISBN 13: 9780774818209

Published by University of British Columbia Press, 2011

About this Item

Five unique case studies reveal how crime is being constructed and enforced in contemporary Canada. Editor(s): Mosher, Janet; Brockman, Joan. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 340. . 2011. Review copy. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructing Crime: Contemporary Processes of Criminalization
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774818204
• ISBN 13: 9780774818209
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Constructing Crime examines why particular behaviours are defined and enforced as crimes and particular individuals are targeted as criminals. Contributors interrogate notions of crime, processes of criminalization, and the deployment of the concept of crime in five areas – the enforcement of fraud against welfare recipients and physicians, the enforcement of laws against Aboriginal harvesting practices, the perceptions of disorder in public housing projects, and the selective criminalization of gambling. These case studies and an afterword by Marie-Andrée Bertrand challenge us to consider just who is rendered criminal and why.

About the Author

Janet Mosher is an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Joan Brockman is a professor at the School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University.