{"product_id":"crime-in-literature-isbn-9781859844823","title":"Crime in Literature","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cb\u003eVincenzo Ruggiero\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the University of Middlesex in London. He is also a senior adviser to the United Nations on a variety of issues, including political corruption and organized crime. Among his numerous previous books are \u003ci\u003eMovements in the City: Conflicts in the European Metropolis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrime and Markets\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301804134629,"sku":"NP9781859844823","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781859844823.jpg?v=1767724252","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/crime-in-literature-isbn-9781859844823","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}