Violent Night: Urban Leisure and Contemporary Culture - Brossura

Winlow, Simon; Hall, Steve

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1845201647 ISBN 13: 9781845201647

Casa editrice: Berg Pub Ltd, 2006

Riassunto

Why do our night-time cities seem to mix pleasure with violence? This is the time and place when cities are taken over by young men in search of alcohol, drugs, another club or a fight. Current public policy has patently failed to keep on top of the new trends in both consumption and destruction which make urban centres simultaneously seductive and dangerous. Violent Night uses powerful insider accounts to uncover the underlying causes and meanings of violence. Interviews with the police, the perpetrators and the victims of violence reveal the complex emotions that surround both the perpetration and resolution of crime. Violent Night shows that a new approach is needed to successfully rehabilitate a culture struggling and failing to deal with nihilism and escalating hostility.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Simon Winlow is Lecturer in Sociology, University of York. Steve Hall is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Northumbria University.

Product Description:

Book by Winlow Simon Hall Steve

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Berg Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1845201647
• ISBN 13: 9781845201647
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224