Crime, Disorder and Symbolic Violence: Governing the Urban Periphery

Bowden, M.

This timely book provides a theoretical and empirical engagement with contemporary understandings of the governance of crime, safety and security. Using a Bourdieuian framework, Bowden explores concepts such as capital, habitus and symbolic power to present an analytic tool-kit for a critically engaged public criminology.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349460946

DOI: 10.1057/9781137330369

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 228