This book provides a sociological perspective on crime and criminal justice by treating social
structure and social inequality as central themes in the study of crime—and major factors in …

Urban Criminology offers an accessible analysis of our urban condition, viewed through the
prism of crime, disorder and social harm. This book gathers cutting-edge treatments …

This article theorizes a link between contemporary masculinity in post‐industrial spaces and
'hardcore'gym culture. Over the last three decades the health and fitness industry has grown …

This article argues that the 2014 adoption of the US shopping tradition of Black Friday sales
to stores and supermarkets in the United Kingdom and beyond represents an important …

The main objective of the second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology
is twofold:(1) to provide original chapters that cover contemporary critical criminological …

Bedell, 2016 Bedell, G.(2016). Teenage mental health crisis: Rates of depression have
soared in past 25 years. The Independent. Retrieved from http://www. independent. co …

The “smart city” has emerged as the latest urban buzzword in discussions of the elementary
functions of the modern city. Attracting corporate power, money and private tech companies …

A Southern Criminology of Violence, Youth and Policing examines public experiences of
insecurity and the social impacts of security programmes that aim to address violence in …

Anabolic-androgenic steroid consumption is considered a significant public health issue in a
number of countries but particularly in the northeast of England. Informed by ongoing …

In the spirit of Jean Baudrillard's Forget Foucault this article offers a step-by-step critique of
the 'moral panic'concept. It begins with a short review of Cohen's original thesis and its …