Crime, disorder and symbolic violence: Governing the urban periphery

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Number of pages228
ISBN (Electronic)9781137330369
ISBN (Print)9781137330352
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2014

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