Bouncers Violence and Governance in the Night-Time Economy |
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| Author:
| Hobbs, Dick
Hadfield, Philip
Lister, Stuart
Winlow, Simon |
| Series title: | Clarendon Studies in Criminology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-928800-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $53.00 |
Book Description:
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This book is the first attempt to understand Britain's nightime economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent it. Walk down any high street after dark and the shadows of bouncers will loom large, for they are the most visible form of control available in the youth orientated zones of our cities. Britain's rapidly expanding night- life is one of its most vibrant economic spheres, but it has created huge problems of violence anddisorder. Using...
More DescriptionThis book is the first attempt to understand Britain's nightime economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent it. Walk down any high street after dark and the shadows of bouncers will loom large, for they are the most visible form of control available in the youth orientated zones of our cities. Britain's rapidly expanding night- life is one of its most vibrant economic spheres, but it has created huge problems of violence anddisorder. Using ethnography, participant observation and extensive interviews, this controversial book charts the emergence of bouncers as one of the most graphic symbols in the iconography of postindustrial Britain.