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- catalog abstract ""The nineteenth century was haunted by crime, by its signs, stories and the shapes of institutions designed for its regulation. That haunting persists today in a popular fear of crime that shapes political agendas, and through images presented in the media. This book analyses the legal and aesthetic discourses that combine to shape the image of the criminal, and that image's contemporary endurance." "Peter Hutchings examines a variety of texts, from literature, photography, cinema and law, and draws material from a spectrum of disciplines. He maps the evolution of the criminal spectre through the discourses of phrenology, criminology, anthropometry and psychology, and traces this spectre in the law of criminal responsibility and forensic evidentiary techniques. Emerging from these investigations is an important theoretical framework concerning formations of subjectivity that builds on Foucault, Derrida and Walter Benjamin." "This book will be of essential interest to sociologists, psychologists, cultural historians, criminologists and those working in the field of legal studies."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12130898.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""The nineteenth century was haunted by crime, by its signs, stories and the shapes of institutions designed for its regulation. That haunting persists today in a popular fear of crime that shapes political agendas, and through images presented in the media. This book analyses the legal and aesthetic discourses that combine to shape the image of the criminal, and that image's contemporary endurance." "Peter Hutchings examines a variety of texts, from literature, photography, cinema and law, and draws material from a spectrum of disciplines. He maps the evolution of the criminal spectre through the discourses of phrenology, criminology, anthropometry and psychology, and traces this spectre in the law of criminal responsibility and forensic evidentiary techniques. Emerging from these investigations is an important theoretical framework concerning formations of subjectivity that builds on Foucault, Derrida and Walter Benjamin." "This book will be of essential interest to sociologists, psychologists, cultural historians, criminologists and those working in the field of legal studies."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction: "this subject of ghosts" -- 2. Spectacularizing crime, ghostwriting the law -- 3. Mad, murderous and dangerous to know -- 4. The feminine phantom: women, crime and fantasy -- 5. Modern forensics: photography and other suspects -- 6. The genius of crime.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-211) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 219 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415236061 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Routledge advances in sociology".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "364 21".
- catalog subject "Crime in art.".
- catalog subject "Crime in literature.".
- catalog subject "Crime in popular culture.".
- catalog subject "Criminals in literature.".
- catalog subject "Criminology Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "HV6030 .H88 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: "this subject of ghosts" -- 2. Spectacularizing crime, ghostwriting the law -- 3. Mad, murderous and dangerous to know -- 4. The feminine phantom: women, crime and fantasy -- 5. Modern forensics: photography and other suspects -- 6. The genius of crime.".
- catalog title "The criminal spectre in law, literature and aesthetics : incriminating subjects / Peter J. Hutchings.".
- catalog type "text".