Invisible crimes and social harms / edited by Pamela Davies, Teaching Fellow and Programme Director of Criminology, Northumbria University, UK, Peter Francis, Professor of Learning and Teaching and Pro-Vice Chancellor, Northumbria University, UK, and Tanya Wyatt, Principal Lecturer in Criminology, Northumbria University, UK.

Other author Davies, Pamela, 1962-
Other author Francis, Peter, 1968-
Other author Wyatt, Tanya, 1975-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Descriptionxii, 263 pages ; 23 cm.
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SeriesCritical criminological perspectives
Critical criminological perspectives. ^A1165895
Contents Seeing the invisible / Nigel South -- Taking invisible crimes and social harms seriously / Pamela Davies, Peter Francis, Tanya Wyatt -- Gender first : the secret to revealing sexual crimes and victimisations / Pamela Davies -- Politics, power and the media : the visibility of environmental and eco-terrorism / Hayley Watson and Tanya Wyatt -- The visual acuity of climate change / Avi Brisman -- 'Honour' crimes / Alexandra Hall -- Elder abuse / Matthew Hall -- Selling sex invisibly : solicitation as an invisible crime / Mary Laing -- Air pollution and invisible violence / Reece Walters -- Invisible pillaging : the hidden harm of corporate biopiracy / Tanya Wyatt -- War and normative visibility : interactions in the nomos / Wayne Morrison -- Health and safety 'crimes' in Britain : the great disappearing act / Steve Tombs -- Regulating fraud revisited / Mike Levi -- Invisible crime, social harm and the radical criminological tradition / Peter Francis, Pamela Davies, Tanya Wyatt.
Abstract Invisible Crimes and Social Harms explores the reasons for the continuing invisibility of much crime and harm and the lack of adequate response, explains how various injustices have become more visible or rendered less so over time and place, and explores what can be done to connect the intellectual with the search for social justice and social policy.--Provided by publisher
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015304023
ISBN1137347813 (hardback)
ISBN9781137347817 (hardback)

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