{"product_id":"crime-in-literature-sociology-of-deviance-and-fiction-9781859844823","title":"Crime in Literature: Sociology of Deviance and Fiction","description":"\u003ci\u003eCrime in Literature\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the issues of crime and crime control through the reading of several classical literary works. It is not a work of literary criticism, but a book written by a sociologist who reads fiction sociologically. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVincenzo Ruggiero's wide-ranging study takes in several authors, including Hugo, Dostoevsky, Camus, Cervantes, Mann and Zola, and addresses themes such as organized crime, the links between crime and drugs, political and administrative corruption, concepts of deviancy, and the criminal justice process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuggiero recounts Alessandro Manzoni's \u003ci\u003eLa colonna infame\u003c\/i\u003e, drawing provocative parallels between the way the authorities in Milan dealt with the devastating plague of 1630 and the ways in which contemporary law incessantly seeks new \"plague spreaders\" in order to legitimize its own operations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccessible to the general reader, \u003ci\u003eCrime in Literature\u003c\/i\u003e offers an original and thought-provoking survey that will be of interest to sociologists and criminologists as well as cultural and literary theorists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781859844823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.32w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2004 pg. 1558\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vincenzo Ruggiero","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774158663861,"sku":"9781859844823","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/crime-in-literature-sociology-of-deviance-and-fiction-9781859844823","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}