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  • The Book of Whispering Spirits

    by Jeff Ferrell ...
    "The Book of Whispering Spirits" is a haunting collection of 18 ghost stories, ranging from Gothic horror to modern tales of terror. These tales of the supernatural will haunt your dreams and trouble your sleep, making you believe once more in the ghostly phantoms that wait for you in the shadows. In the tradition of Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James and Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, young spiritual medium ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crimes of Style

    Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality

    by Jeff Ferrell ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1993, Crimes of Style investigates the politics of culture and crime through an in-depth case study of graffiti in Denver and the official response to it.Focusing on the most prevalent form of graffiti writing in Denver, the book provides a detailed consideration of the social and cultural circumstances that surround its creation. It explores the national and international ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Drift

    Illicit Mobility and Uncertain Knowledge

    by Jeff Ferrell ...
    “This book was written late in the North American night, with the rumbling thuds and booming train horns of the nearby rail yard echoing through my windows, reminding me of the train hoppers and gutter punks out there rolling through the darkness.”In Drift, Jeff Ferrell shows how dislocation and disorientation can become phenomena in their own right. Examining the history of drifting, he situates ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Making Trouble

    Cultural Constraints of Crime, Deviance, and Control

    by Jeff Ferrell ...
    In Making Trouble leading scholars in criminology, sociology, criminal justice, women's studies, and social history explore the mediated cultural dynamics that construct images and understanding of crime, deviance, and control. Contributors examine the intertwined practices of the mass media, criminal justice agencies, political power holders, and criminal and deviant subcultures in producing and ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Cultural Criminology

    Theories of Crime

    by Jeff Ferrell ...
    Series series The Library of Essays in Theoretical Criminology
    Cultural criminology has now emerged as a distinct theoretical perspective, and as a notable intellectual alternative to certain aspects of contemporary criminology. Cultural criminology attempts to theorize the interplay of cultural processes, media practices, and crime; the emotional and embodied dimensions of crime and victimization; the particular characteristics of crime within late modern ... Read more

    $480.00 USD

  • Cultural Criminology

    An Invitation

    Cultural Criminology: An Invitation traces the history, theory, methodology and future direction of cultural criminology.Drawing on issues of representation, meaning and politics, this book walks you through the key areas that make up this fascinating approach to the study of crime.The second edition has been fully revised to take account of recent developments in this fast developing field, ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • Resistance

    A Radical Social and Political History of the Lower East Side

    Edited by Clayton Patterson ...
    This collection of writings and images documents the political history of NYC’s Lower East Side, describing the lives and struggles of the radicals, artists, and immigrants that populated and politicized one of America’s strangest and most beloved neighborhoods. Current and former residents of the neighborhood explore the social, political, and human landscape of one of America’s most storied ... Read more

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  • Violence, Conflict, and World Order

    Critical Conversations on State Sanctioned Justice

    This is an ethnographic collection of 12 edited talks and conversations from a conference on violence, conflict, and the world order held at Eastern Kentucky University. The conference was organized by Carole Garrison, Chair of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at EKU, who arranged for video recording and transcription of the talks and conversations. The collection is divided into two parts: ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Professional Lives, Personal Struggles

    Ethics and Advocacy in Research on Homelessness

    Series series Key Concepts in Philosophy
    This edited volume illuminates critical research issues through the particular lens of homelessness, bringing together some of the leading scholars in the field, from an array of disciplines and perspectives, to explore this condition of marginalization and the ethical dilemmas that arise within it. The authors provide insights into the realities and challenges of social research that will guide ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Empire of Scrounge

    Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street Scavenging

    by Jeff Ferrell ...
    Series Book 22 - Alternative Criminology
    An illuminating and personal journey through Jeff Ferrell's eight month odyssey of living off the streets“Patrolling the neighborhoods of central Fort Worth, sorting through trash piles, exploring dumpsters, scanning the streets and the gutters for items lost or discarded, I gathered the city's degraded bounty, then returned home to sort and catalogue the take.”—from the IntroductionIn December of ... Read more

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    Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

    Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge.Game theory shows that in order to ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Media and Crime

    by Yvonne Jewkes ...
    Series series Key Approaches to Criminology
    This book critically examines the complex interactions between media and crime.Written with an engaging and authoritative voice, it guides you through all the key issues, ranging from news reporting of crime, media constructions of children and women, moral panics, and media and the police to ′reality′ crime shows, surveillance and social control.This third edition:Explores innovations in ... Read more

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