British Journal of Criminology articles from June 1996

British Journal of Criminology archives from June 1996

Masculinity and heroism in the Hollywood 'blockbuster;' the culture industry and contemporary images of crime and law enforcement.(Masculinities, Social Relations and Crime)
June 22, 1996... This article considers the connections between masculinity and heroic agency in certain versions of popular film. It proposes that how films dignify and celebrate the suffering and striving of their leading men may be quite centrally indicative...

State, masculinities and law: some comments on gender and English state-formation.(Masculinities, Social Relations and Crime)
June 22, 1996... Some Comments on Gender and English State-Formation This paper examines connections between masculinity, social order, and the state in history, through a focus on English state-formation. Drawing on recent work in anthropology, social...

Culture, masculinities and violence against women.(Masculinities, Social Relations and Crime)
June 22, 1996... The visibility of male-dominated criminal violence differs substantially from culture to culture. Accordingly, a perception of masculinity and male dominated violence as monolithic categories is misleading. Australian, German, and Japanese...

Masculinity and child homicide.(Masculinities, Social Relations and Crime)
June 22, 1996... In this article masculinity and violence are explored through an examination of case studies of chlild homicides committed by men in Victoria, Australia between 1985 and 1994. The findings reveal a diversity of violent scenarios and a...

In search of masculinity: violence, respect and sexuality among Puerto Rican crack dealers in East Harlem.(Masculinities, Social Relations and Crime)
June 22, 1996... Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted while residing next to a crack house in El Barrio, New York, for almost five years, this article analyses how the social and economic marginalization of second- and third-generation Puerto Rican...

In search of the high life: drugs, crime, masculinities and consumption.(Masculinities, Social Relations and Crime)
June 22, 1996... Contemporary social theory draws our attention again to the role of consumption in the construction of the self. The project of constructing self-identity through consumption increasingly relies on global rather than parochial images and...