Beyond Criminology

Taking Harm Seriously

Edited by Dave Gordon, Paddy Hillyard, Christina Pantazis, Steve Tombs

Beyond Criminology is an innovative, groundbreaking critique of conventional criminological approaches to social issues. The contributors make a broad analysis of social harm by examining the theoretical issues and then looking at harmful organizations, policies and experiences. Using this approach, the contributors show how social harm relates to social and economic inequalities that are the heart of the liberal state. Only once we have identified the causes of social harm, they argue, can we begin… (more information)