Policing the Crisis

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Policing the Crisis is a seminal 1978 sociological study by Stuart Hall and colleagues that analyzes how moral panics, media narratives, and state power shape public perceptions of crime and justify punitive social control.

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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
sociological study
analyzes construction of crime problems
media coverage of mugging
role of the courts
role of the police
role of the state
argues law and order campaigns support state authority
media amplify and construct crime problems
moral panics legitimize tougher policing
author Brian Roberts NERFINISHED
Chas Critcher NERFINISHED
John Clarke NERFINISHED
Stuart Hall NERFINISHED
Tony Jefferson NERFINISHED
caseStudy mugging in Birmingham
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
examinesConcept authoritarian populism
criminalization
hegemony
moral panic
race and crime
focusesOn Birmingham NERFINISHED
United Kingdom in the 1970s
West Midlands NERFINISHED
influencedField criminology
cultural studies
media studies
sociology of deviance
language English
mainSubject crime
law and order politics
media
moral panic
race relations
social control
state power
notableFor analysis of moral panic around mugging
linking crime discourse to wider social crisis
publicationYear 1978
publisher Macmillan NERFINISHED
Palgrave Macmillan NERFINISHED
settingPeriod early 1970s
theoreticalFramework Gramscian theory
Marxism NERFINISHED
critical criminology
cultural studies

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Stuart Hall notableWork Policing the Crisis