Rethinking Knife Crime Policing, Violence and Moral Panic? /
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| Summary: | XVI, 382 p. 43 illus., 38 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83742-6 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction. ‘There Is No Home Office Definition Of Knife Crime’- 2. Knives And Violence In History And Culture: A Global History Of Stabbing
- 3. A Prelude To ‘Knife Crime’:Gangs, Weapons And The ‘Macpherson Effect’
- 5. A Public Definition: The Making Of The ‘Knife Crime’ Label
- 5. A Moral Panic And The ‘War On Knife Crime’
- 6. The ‘Knife Crime Industry’: Knife Fetish And The Commodification Of Violence Prevention
- 7. The Realities Of Knife Crime: Life Beneath The Label
- 8. A Joined-Up Approach To Sustainable Violence Prevention?
- 9. Conclusion: Still Policing The Crisis?.