Revisiting Crimes of the Powerful: Marxism, Crime and Deviance

by David Whyte

Book Overview

Frank Pearce was the first scholar to use the term 'crimes of the powerful.' His ground-breaking book of the same name provided insightful critiques of liberal orthodox criminology, particularly in relation to labelling theory and symbolic interactionism, while making important contributions to Marxist understandings of the complex relations between crime, law and the state in the reproduction of the capitalist social order. Historically, crimes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367482959
• ISBN13: 9780367482954
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"