Crime and the dialectics of inclusion/exclusion
The article focuses on the dialectics of inclusion and exclusion. The sociology of deviance and anti-psychiatry is fitted well with concerns about deviancy amplification (vicious circles of exclusion), moral panics, the stereotype of youth and the criminal, etc. There were many merits about such a d...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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The British journal of criminology
Year: 2004, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 550-561 |
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| Summary: | The article focuses on the dialectics of inclusion and exclusion. The sociology of deviance and anti-psychiatry is fitted well with concerns about deviancy amplification (vicious circles of exclusion), moral panics, the stereotype of youth and the criminal, etc. There were many merits about such a discourse; the focus on the criminal justice system and other institutions of social control as exclusionary agents was of great relevance. But there were drawbacks: the dualism between anthropophagic and anthropoemic societies was too sharp and there was no doubt that inclusive societies and inclusionary processes were seen as advantageous |
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| ISSN: | 0007-0955 |
