Stephen Hester

A Sociology of Crime has an outstanding reputation for its distinctive and systematic contribution to criminological literature. Through detailed examples and analysis, it shows how crime is a product of processes of criminalisation constituted through the interactional and organisational use of language. In this welcome second edition, the book reviews and evaluates the current state of criminological theory from this...

A Sociology of Crime has an outstanding reputation for its distinctive and systematic contribution to the criminological literature. Through detailed examples and analysis, it shows how crime is a product of the processes of criminalisation constituted through the interactional and organisational use of language. In this welcome second edition, the book reviews and evaluates the current state of criminological theory...