When Children Kill Children - David A. Green - Oxford Criminology Hardback

When Children Kill Children: Penal Populism and Political Culture by David A. Green, published by Oxford University Press in its Clarendon Studies in Criminology series.

Why did two cases of children killing children provoke such dramatically different responses in England and Norway?

Using the murder of James Bulger in England and the killing of Silje Redergård in Norway, criminologist David A. Green examines how the media, politicians, criminal justice systems and wider society respond to serious crimes committed by children.

The book explores the contrasting attitudes towards childhood, criminal responsibility, punishment and rehabilitation, and how public outrage and political culture can influence criminal justice policy.

A substantial academic study that goes beyond the individual cases to examine penal populism, media influence and the politics of punishment.

Winner of the 2009 British Society of Criminology Book Prize.

Particularly interesting for readers and students of criminology, criminal justice, sociology, media studies and juvenile crime, as well as those interested in the James Bulger case.

Oxford University Press hardback with original dust jacket.

Very good condition overall. The book itself is exceptionally clean and well presented. The dust jacket shows some surface rubbing and scratches, edge and corner wear, and a small tear at the upper edge, as shown in the photographs.

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