Harmful Societies by Simon A Pemberton

Harmful Societies by Simon A Pemberton

The notion of social harm is currently being explored as an alternative field of study within criminology, but the definition of social harm, the question of responsibility, and the methodologies for studying harm remain undeveloped. In the first book to theorize and define the social harm concept beyond criminology, Simon Pemberton addresses these omissions and, in doing so, provides a platform for future debates. Using case studies of various international regimes, he analyzes policy responses to different forms of social harm and provides a new typology of countries according to their harm prevention policies.

"Simon Pemberton’s groundbreaking volume provides a major step forward in understanding the causation and alleviation of widespread harm" Danny Dorling, University of Oxford
“In a sense, criminology has been `waiting’ for this original and highly topical book. It is of theoretical, conceptual, methodological and empirical significance, making novel contributions in each respect.” Steve Tombs, The Open University

Simon Pemberton is a Birmingham Fellow jointly appointed to the Schools of Law and Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. He has researched and published widely in the areas of corporate and state harm, poverty and inequality, crime, social harm and criminalisation.

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ISBN 13	9781847427953
ISBN 10	1847427952
Title	Harmful Societies
Author	Simon A Pemberton
Series	Studies In Social Harm
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Policy Press
Year published	2016-03-23
Number of pages	224
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