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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