When children kill children : penal populism and political culture
Title:
When children kill children : penal populism and political culture
Author:
Green, David A. (David Anthony), 1970-
ISBN:
9780199653522
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
Physical Description:
xxiii, 328 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Series:
Clarendon studies in criminology
Series Title:
Clarendon studies in criminology
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-319) and index.
"Received the 2009 British Society of Criminology Book Prize"--Cover.
Joint winner for British Society of Criminology Book Prize 2009.
Originally published: 2008.
Abstract:
This title examines the role of political culture and penal populism in the response to the emotive subject of child-on-child homicide, comparing the differing responses of English and Norwegian criminal justice systems to two high profile cases: those of the killers of James Bulger and Silje Redergard respectively.
Subject Term:
Subject:
| Bulger, James Patrick, 1990-1993 |
| Redergard, Silje |
| Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain -- Public opinion |
| Criminal justice, Administration of -- Norway -- Public opinion |
| Violence in children -- England |
| Violence in children -- Norway |
| Children -- Crimes against -- England -- Bootle (Sefton) -- Case studies |
| Children -- Crimes against -- Norway -- Trondheim -- Case studies |
| Public opinion -- England |
| Public opinion -- Norway |
Summary:
This title examines the role of political culture and penal populism in the response to the emotive subject of child-on-child homicide, comparing the differing responses of English and Norwegian criminal justice systems to two high profile cases: those of the killers of James Bulger and Silje Redergard respectively.