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Two faces of deviance : crimes of the powerless and the powerful

Title
Two faces of deviance : crimes of the powerless and the powerful / edited by Paul R. Wilson and John Braithwaite.
Publication
St. Lucia [Australia] : University of Queensland Press ; Hemel Hempstead, Eng. : Distributed by Prentice-Hall International, ©1978.

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Additional Authors
  • Wilson, Paul R.
  • Braithwaite, John.
Description
vi, 309 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Chapter by J.B. Braithwaite and B. Condon separately annotated.
Subject
  • Crime > Australia
  • Deviant behavior
  • Crime
  • Deviant behavior > Australia
  • Crime
  • crimes (events)
  • Race relations > Racism > Stereotyping
  • Deviance. Essays
  • Crime. Australia. Sociological perspectives. Essays
  • Crimes et criminels > Australie
  • Australia
  • Australia
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Pervs, pimps, and powerbrokers / John Braithwaite and Paul R. Wilson -- Part 1: Crimes of the powerless -- 1. Granny versus the hooligans / Keith Windshuttle -- 2. Bodgies and widgies: folk devils of the fifties / John Braithwaite and Michelle Barker -- 3. What is deviant language? / Paul R. Wilson -- 4. The prostitute: more sinned against than sinning? / Margaret Dee -- 5. Cannabis, witches, and social scapegoats / Paul R. Wilson -- Part 2: Crimes of the powerful -- 6. Multinationals or Mafia: who really pushes drugs? / Pam Gorring -- 7. An exploratory study of used car fraud / John Braithwaite -- 8. Medibank fraud / Pat Hodge -- 9. Heads they win, tails we lose: environment and the law / Thor Hundloe -- 10. Dole bludgers or tax dodgers: who is the deviant? / Robin Anne Bright -- 11. Corporate crime and social structure / Adam Sutton and Ron Wild -- 12. Organizations as criminal actors / Edward Gross -- 13. The anatomy of corporate crime / Andrew Hopkins -- 14. On the class basis of criminal violence / John Braithwaite and Barry Condon -- Part 3: Two faces of violence -- 15. The Prisoners' Action Group's summary of the Royal Commission into NSW prisons following the hearing of evidence / compiled by Bob Jewson.
ISBN
  • 070221325X
  • 9780702213250
  • 0702213268
  • 9780702213267
LCCN
79319952
OCLC
  • ocm05347046
  • 5347046
  • SCSB-11197
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library