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When children kill children : penal populism and political culture
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
When children kill children : penal populism and political culture
AUTHOR:
Green, David A. (David Anthony), 1970-
ISBN:
9780199653522
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
PHYSICAL_DESC:
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 |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.