Crime in Literature
Subtitle: Sociology of Deviance and Fiction
Publisher: Verso
Published: July 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781859845707
Subjects: Sociology; Sociology - General; Literary Criticism; Deviant behavior; Sociological aspects; Criminology; Crime & criminology; Literary studies: general; Social theory; General; Crime; Crime in literature; History
First sentence: In a provocative, though realistic, visualization of justice there are no composed and wise judges sacredly pondering on guilt and innocence, but fighters who, respectively, represent the winners of today and struggle to be the winners of tomorrow.