Governance and REgulation in Social Life: Essay in Honour of W.G. Carson: Governance and Regulation in Social Life

Comprising fourteen articles by leading international contributors, including some of the most prominent socio-legal and criminological scholars working in the field, this volume is currently the only work available that critically examines W.G. Carson and his crucial influence in the turn towards sociological approaches to criminology and a criminological interest in governance and social control.The 1970s witnessed an epiphany in the sociological understanding of crime in Britain. The correctional perspective, which assumed crimes had inherent or essential qualities that distinguished them from other acts, was superseded by the analysis of how social events came to be defined as so harmful and repugnant as to require criminalization. This shift in perspectives was exemplified in W.G. Carson's work, which combines a Marxist acknowledgement of the imperative for profit with a symbolic interactionist attention to the restraining effect of prestige and status among producers and regulators. This key work is an essential read for postgraduates and researchers studying and researching in the areas of criminology and law. The Shift From Crime Control To Governance In The Sociology Of Law / George Pavlich And Augustine Brannigan -- The Importance Of Being Ambiguous : Theorizing White Collar Crime / Fiona Haines And Adam Sutton -- Are Occupational Health And Safety Crimes Hostage To History? : An Australian Perspective / Richard Johnstone -- The Continuing Price Of Britain's Oil : Business Organisation, Precarious Employment And Risk Transfer Mechanisms In The North Sea Petroleum Industry / Charles Woolfson -- Jurisprudential Miscegenation : Strict Liability And The Ambiguity Of Law / Arie Freiberg -- The Sociology Of Compliance-based Regulation : An Intellectual History / Paul Rock -- Rethinking The Symbolic-instrumental Distinction : Meanings And Motives In American Capital Punishment / David Garland -- The Law Of Subaltern Discipline / George Pavlich -- A Genealogy Of 'fire Prevention' / Pat O'malley And Steven Hutchinson -- Young People, Fire And Arson As Resistance / Mike Presdee -- The Politics Of Community Safety And The Problem Of The 'stranger' / Gordon Hughes -- Responding To Crimes Against International Law / Dirk Van Zyl Smit -- Restorative Justice In Post-genocidal Rwanda : From Community To Citizenship As A Basis For Social Justice / Augustine Brannigan -- Embedded Criminology And Knowledges Of Resistance / Reece Walters. Edited By Augustine Brannigan And George Pavlich. A Glasshouse Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [233]-256) And Index. The shift from crime to governance in the sociology of law / George Pavlich and Augustine Brannigan The importance of being ambiguous : theorizing white collar crime / Fiona Haines and Adam Sutton Are occupational health and safety crimes hostage to history? : an Australian perspective / Richard Johnstone The continuing price of Britain's oil : business organization, precarious employment and risk transfer mechanisms in the North Sea petroleum industry / Charles Woolfson Jurisprudential miscegenation : strict liability and the ambiguity of crime / Arie Freiberg The sociology of compliance-based regulation : an intellectual history / Paul Rock Symbolic and instrumental aspects of American capital punishment / David Garland The law of subaltern discipline / George Pavlich A genealogy of 'fire prevention' / Pat O'Malley and Steven Hutchinson Young people, fire and arson as resistance / Mike Presdee The politics of community and the problem of the 'stranger' / Gordon Hughes Responding to crimes against international law / Dirk Van Zyl Smit Restorative justice in post-genocidal Rwanda : from community to citizenship as a basis for social justice / Augustine Brannigan Embedded criminology and knowledges of resistance / Reece Walters Reflections on the contemporary sociology of law / W.G. (Kit) Carson. Comprising fourteen articles by leading international contributors, including some of the most prominent socio-legal and criminological scholars working in the field, this volume is currently the only work available that critically examines W.G. Carson and his crucial influence in the turn towards sociological approaches to criminology and a criminological interest in governance and social control. The 1970s witnessed an epiphany in the sociological understanding of crime in Britain. The correctional perspective, which assumed crimes had inherent or essential qualities that distinguished them from other acts, was superseded by the analysis of how social events came to be defined as so harmful and repugnant as to require criminalization. This shift in perspectives was exemplified in W.G. Carsons work, which combines a Marxist acknowledgement of the imperative for profit with a symbolic interactionist attention to the restraining effect of prestige and status among producers and regulators. This key work is an essential read for postgraduates and researchers studying and researching in the areas of criminology and law. With leading international contributors, this text is the only work currently available that examines W.G. Carson and his crucial influence in the turn towards sociological approaches to criminology and a criminological interest in governance and socia