Amatrudo / Unknown / Rauxloh Law in popular belief

Myth and reality
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1540-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

This book looks at the relationship between statute law and legal practice. It examines how law is applied in reality and more precisely how law is perceived by the general public in contrast to the legal profession. It explores how myths are created about the law and how myths are created by the law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Amatrudo, Anthony

Rauxloh, Regina

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction – Anthony Amatrudo and Regina E. Rauxloh

Part I: Perception shaped by traditional media
1 Criminology through the looking glass – Colin Sumner
2 What do they know of law who only cop shows know? – Anthony Amatrudo
3 Regurgitating the media image: toward a phenomenology of the 'visible' in criminal justice – Matthew R. Draper and David Polizzi

Part II: Perception shaped by other means
4 'Kony is so last month': lessons from social media stunt 'Kony 2012' – Regina E. Rauxloh
5 A comparative analysis of the criminal and civil justice systems in England and Wales – Matthew R. Smith
6 Beliefs about the European Court of Human Rights in the United Kingdom Parliament – Paul Johnson
7 Forward! Coding, de-coding, and re-coding law in public art for urban regeneration – Ronnie Lippens

Part III: Perception of those at the fringe of society
8 Criminology and the legacies of Clarice Starling – David Wilson
9 Letters to Casey Anthony, a woman accused of murder – Lizzie Seal
10 The gypsy's lot: myth and reality – Robert Jago
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Amatrudo is Associate Professor in Criminology at Middlesex University

Regina Rauxloh is Associate Professor in Law at Southampton University