Sage business cases real world cases at your fingertips. Although the hippies drugtaking is initially low, media pressure leads the police to target them. Dec 08, 2009 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Its innovative theoretical model and combination of documentary sources and first hand participant observation illustrates graphically how. Type book authors young, jock date 1971 publisher paladin pub place london isbn10. The social meaning of drug use sociology and the modern world. For a social theory of deviance in 1973 later however, young developed left realism criminology along with.
Sage books the ultimate social sciences digital library. Author, jock young analyses his book drugtakers with steve taylor, discusses the content, and reflects on its significance at the time and its relevance today. Jamie, springburn library glasgow life offers adult learning programmes, activities and support services in a number of libraries across the city. He shows how the interactions between a group of hippies and the police produce more crime rather than less. Jock young played a central role in creating modern criminology. Sep, 2016 jock young 2002 argues that we are now living in a late modern society characterised by instability, insecurity and exclusion, which make the problem of crime worse. The new criminology, which was published in 1973, was a landmark text.
Jock youngs study the drugtakers gives us an example of an amplification spiral. In the 40 years since his classic study of the drugtakers in 1971, he has consistently commanded attention with a series of books and articles whose influence has been felt wherever criminology is taught. Jock youngs classic sociological study, the drugtakers, is one of the clearest and most dramatic examples of deviance amplification. Young leaves behind a legacy of almost 50 years of innovative contributions to the study of the sociology of crime and deviance, including radical, critical, and cultural criminology. You started as an ethnographer in the late 1960s, which resulted in your book. For more information about digital learning provision, english language courses or support with reading, writing or numbers please visit our learning opportunities page. The drugtakers by jock young, 1971, macgibbon and kee edition, in english the drugtakers 1971 edition open library. Cannibalism and bulimia patterns of social control in late. The social meaning of drug use stanley cohen, 1972, folk devils and moral panics slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Jock young is a landscape painter whose main interest is the sea, particularly the interface between sea and land. He was at this stage a very fine ethnographer, a dazzling theorist and a great. Jock young was educated at the london school of economics. He contrasts todays society since the 1970s with the period preceding it, arguing that the 1950s and 60s represented a golden age of modern capitalist society, a period.
Jock young is a british sociologist and criminologist he began teaching at enfield college of technology. Cq press your definitive resource for politics, policy and people. In memory of jock young centre for crime and justice studies. The transition from the modern world of the postwar period into late modernity involves a movement from an inclusive to an exclusive society. The drugtakers by jock young 3 editions first published in 1971. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Jock young, who has died aged 71, was one of the worlds. William jock young was born in midlothian on 4 march 1942 and educated in aldershot before studying sociology at the london school of economics from 1962. Jock youngs most popular book is cultural criminology. According to this view, criminology has undergone an aetiological crisis or crisis of explanation, resulting from the rapid increase in officially recorded street crime in most democratic industrial societies.
Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Over four decades, he shaped the nature and direction of the discipline and was at the forefront of almost. Jock young 2002 argues that we are now living in a late modern society characterised by instability, insecurity and exclusion, which make the problem of crime worse. Jock young s study the drugtakers gives us an example of an amplification spiral. Jock young william jock young, distinguished professor of criminal justice and sociology, died on november 16, 20, after a long illness. The drugtakers explored the social interactions between different groups residing in. It became required reading on large number of criminology courses that sprang up in the 1970s and 1980s.
He began teaching at what is now middlesex university in 1968 and remained there for. The social meaning of drug use sociology and the modern world young, jock on. Jock young 1993 argues there has been a real and significant increase in street crime since world war two. Publication of jock youngs the drugtakers preceded the 1971 misuse of drugs act by a few months and suggested that the further criminalisation of druguse might exacerbate rather than solve the problem. In britain in the 1970s, it was taylor, walton and jock youngs the new criminology 1973 and critical criminology 1975 that first drew me and many of my generation into criminology with. He began teaching at what is now middlesex university in 1968 and remained there for 35 years, for much of it as director of the centre for criminology. All go search todays deals vouchers amazonbasics best sellers gift ideas new releases gift cards. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Drugtakers in 1971, he has consistently commanded attention with a series of books and articles whose influence has been felt wherever criminology is taught. Jock young, who has died aged 71, was one of the worlds preeminent criminologists. The drugtakers will be discussed by the socrimology book club at middlesex university on thursday 10.
Jock young, one of the most distinguished and groundbreaking criminologists, died. Another book, the drugtakers, is a classic study of drug policy and drug behavior. A valued colleague and celebrated scholar, professor young taught classes at the gc up to his final weeks. Mar 10, 2014 jock young played a central role in creating modern criminology. Another book, the drugtakers, is a classic study of. Book authors jock young date 1971 publisher paladin pub place london isbn10 0586080848. Program in criminal justice jock young, who earned his b.
Article information, pdf download for the drugtakers. This is concomitant with a change in tolerance from a society which abhors difference and attempts to reform difficulty to one which celebrates difference and attempts to exclude the difficult. Jock young frsa 4 march 1942 16 november 20 was a british sociologist and an. Deviancy 1968, which was the basis for his seminal work the drugtakers 1971. An invitation in 2009 and the british society of criminology award for outstanding achievement in 2012. Sage reference the complete guide for your research journey. Buy the drugtakers new edition by jock young, john rex isbn. Moral panic the british journal of criminology oxford. Jock young, one of the most distinguished and groundbreaking criminologists, died on november 16, 20, at the age of 71. The social meaning of drug use sociology and the modern world hardcover january 1, 1971 by jock young author visit amazons jock young page.
For as long as most of us can remember, jock young has been a leading light in radical criminology and the sociology of deviance. In fact, he played a major part in the development of criminology over the past forty years. His phd was an ethnography of drug use in notting hill, west london, out of which he developed the concept of moral panic. Jock young has 33 books on goodreads with 376 ratings. Music, drugs and subcultural identity andrew wilson, 2007. Labelling theory and the social construction of crime and deviance two classic studies 1 william chambliss 1973 the saints and the roughnecks this classic study of two american delinquent gangs from the same city provides evidence that there may be consistent police bias against workingclass delinquents the roughnecks were a group of working class. The immediate research was published in the police as amplifiers of deviance and translators of fantasy young 1971d. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Sage video bringing teaching, learning and research to life. Dec 04, 20 jock young, who has died aged 71, was one of the worlds preeminent criminologists. Young presented his first conference paper, the role of police as amplifiers of deviance.
Jock young on the drugtakers programme description. May 25, 2015 jock young 1993 argues there has been a real and significant increase in street crime since world war two. Publication of jock young s the drugtakers preceded the 1971 misuse of drugs act by a few months and suggested that the further criminalisation of druguse might exacerbate rather than solve the problem. Along with ian taylor and paul walton, he wrote the groundbreaking book the new criminology. Jocks book the drugtakers was a little bible for me. The vertigo of late modernity engages with some of the most important concerns facing society today.
Type book authors young, jock date 1971 publisher paladin pub place london. Jock young s classic sociological study, the drugtakers, is one of the clearest and most dramatic examples of deviance amplification. It was also the foundation for his first major work, the drugtakers, a groundbreaking 1971 study of bohemian counterculture in 1960s notting hill. Type book authors jock young date 1971 publisher paladin pub place london isbn10 0586080848. Like the ndc itself, the paper was a reflection of changes underway in british society in the 1960s. Dec 12, 20 william jock young was born in midlothian on 4 march 1942 and educated in aldershot before studying sociology at the london school of economics from 1962. He completed a trilogy of books about social life and sociological research in late modernity.
Cannibalism and bulimia patterns of social control in. Labelling theory and the social construction of crime and deviance two classic studies 1 william chambliss 1973 the saints and the roughnecks this classic study of two american delinquent gangs from the same city provides evidence that there may be consistent police bias against workingclass delinquents the roughnecks were a. He was a founding member of the national deviancy conferences and a group of critical criminologists in which milieu he wrote the groundbreaking, the new. This is concomitant with a change in tolerance from a s. Presenting the bsc outstanding achievement award to jock young pat carlen visiting professor, university of kent, and editorinchief of the british journal of criminology i was overjoyed at being asked to present this award to professor jock young who, in. Jock young on the drugtakers london school of economics. Buy the drugtakers new edition by young, jock, rex, john isbn. Social exclusion, crime and difference in late modernity. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Jock young shaped the nature and direction of the discipline and has been. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Mar 11, 2014 jock young, one of the most distinguished and groundbreaking criminologists, died on november 16, 20, at the age of 71. His paintings focus is on the dynamic between the movement of the sea and the stillness of the land, and in which he tries to capture a kind of personality of the location. Published by paladin a little before stans folk devils, it was brilliant on moral panics and deviancy amplification. He was a member of the national deviancy conference in the late 1960s and 1970s. To those who knew him best, however, young was jock the jocular, the lover of life, the supporter and.
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