On wake-up calls and metaphors: comment on Braithwaite “crime as a cascade phenomenon”

Braithwaite’s provocation to see crime (and its prevention) through a “cascade lens” is certainly a wake-up call for macrocriminologists. As a metaphor it has the capability to motivate new directions in criminological research, however this also limits its potential as organising structure for test...

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Main Author: Karstedt, Susanne 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
Year: 2020, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 171-178
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