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OverviewIn recent years the relationship between men, masculinity and crime has assumed increasing visibility and political significance within both the academic discipline of criminiology and public arena. This text provides a reading of issues which are central to the questions which have arisen: Why is crime so overwhelmingly an activity conducted by men? Is crime a ""masculine"" phenomenon? The author explores a number of high-profile events and debates around crime, criminal justice and social (dis)order and examines recent criminological, media and political interpretations of the relationship between men, masculinities and crime. Rejecting the widely held idea that masculinity is ""in crisis"", the book presents an alternative approach to theorizing the ""maleness"" of crime and calls for a reappraisal of the conceptual tools with which the relationship between masculinities and crime has traditionally been understood. Drawing on the ideas of corporeality, sexed subjectivity and the materiality of men's crimes, the author focuses on the sexed bodies and subjectivities of men - as offenders, victims, agents working within the criminal justice system and as criminologists seeking to explain crime. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard CollierPublisher: Sage Publications Ltd Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9780803979963ISBN 10: 0803979967 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 18 September 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsSex, Gender and the (Criminal) Bodies of Men Sex, Gender and the (Criminal) Bodies of Men Boys′ Own Stories? Law, Criminology and (Un)Sexy Bodies The `Trouble with Boys′? The Child, the Social and the Dangerous Other `A Lonely Man with a Passion for Guns′ Crime, Community and the Heterosexualized Body Absent Fathers, Criminal Sons and Straight Men The Heterosexual Family and the Family of Crime Concluding Remarks `Taking Masculinity Seriously′? Theory, Practice and the (Hetero)Sexing of CriminologyReviewsAuthor InformationRichard Collier is a Reader in Law at the University of Newcastle. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |