Harmful Societies

Understanding Social Harm

Simon A. Pemberton (School for Social Policy, University of Birmingham)

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English

Policy Press
11 March 2015

Social theory; Crime & criminology; Human rights

Series: Studies in Social Harm

While the notion of social harm has long interested critical criminologists it is now being explored as an alternative field of study, which provides more accurate analyses of the vicissitudes of life.

However, important aspects of this notion remain undeveloped, in particular the definition of social harm, the question of responsibility and the methodologies for studying harm. This book, the first to theorise and define the social harm concept beyond criminology, seeks to address these omissions and questions why some capitalist societies appear to be more harmful than others. In doing so it provides a platform for future debates, in this series and beyond.

It will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers across criminology, sociology, social policy, socio-legal studies and geography.

By: Simon A. Pemberton (School for Social Policy University of Birmingham)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9781847427946
ISBN 10: 1847427944
Series: Studies in Social Harm
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 11 March 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; Defining social harm; Capitalist formations and the production of harm; Harm reduction regimes and the production of physical harm; Harm reduction regimes and the production of autonomy and relational harms; Harm reduction regimes, neoliberalism and the production of harm

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.

Reviews for Harmful Societies: Understanding Social Harm

Simon Pemberton's groundbreaking volume provides a major step forward in understanding the causation and alleviation of widespread harm. Danny Dorling, University of Oxford