Mike Collison
Biographic Data
| ID | 202864 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mike Collison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mike |
| FAMILY NAME | Collison |
| SIGNATURE | COLLISON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Keele University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
In Search of the High Life
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 traditions, and often proceeds via mimicry. In this paper the biographical narratives of a group of young male offenders are used to explore some of the problems and possibilities of growing up male on the margin…
Drug Crime, Drug Problems and Criminal Justice
In the latter half of the 1980s official criminal justice policy on drug misuse in the UK began to take on an increasingly bifurcated form. An emphasis on harm reduction and diversion into treatment and away from the penal system has (in theory) come to inform the approach to those implicated in drug or other crime because of dependency (cultural, pharmacological and psychological). However, at the same time proactive enforcement measures have be…
Punishing Drugs
Journal Article PUNISHING DRUGS: Criminal Justice and Drug Use Get access MIKE COLLISON MIKE COLLISON *Department of Criminology, University of Keele Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Summer 1993, Pages 382–399, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a048332 Published: 01 July 1993
Books
Duncan Forbes, Action on Racial Harassment: Legal Remedies and Local Authorities London: Legal Action Group and London Housing Unit, 1988, 308 pp., £10 p.b. Hondon B. Hargrove, Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War London: McFarland/Folkestone: Bailey Bros & Swinfen Ltd., 1989, 250 pp., £17.20 h.b. Robert Miles, Racism London: Routledge, 1988, 175 pp., £8.95 p.b. Kayleen M. Hazlehurst, Ivory Scales: Black Australians and the Law Kensington: New S…
Radical Issues in Criminology
This collection of essays deals with central issues relating to the rule of law, individual rights and the politics of penal reform. The issues examined include juvenile justice, criminal violence, feminism and criminology, civil liberties, police powers, justice in prisons and the necessity for social life to be regulated by law. The emphasis throughout is upon specific concrete problems and the formulation of possible solutions. In marked contr…
In Search of the High Life
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 traditions, and often proceeds via mimicry. In this paper the biographical narratives of a group of young male offenders are used to explore some of the problems and possibilities of growing up male on the margin…
Punishing Drugs
Journal Article PUNISHING DRUGS: Criminal Justice and Drug Use Get access MIKE COLLISON MIKE COLLISON *Department of Criminology, University of Keele Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Summer 1993, Pages 382–399, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a048332 Published: 01 July 1993
Radical Issues in Criminology
This collection of essays deals with central issues relating to the rule of law, individual rights and the politics of penal reform. The issues examined include juvenile justice, criminal violence, feminism and criminology, civil liberties, police powers, justice in prisons and the necessity for social life to be regulated by law. The emphasis throughout is upon specific concrete problems and the formulation of possible solutions. In marked contr…
Books
Duncan Forbes, Action on Racial Harassment: Legal Remedies and Local Authorities London: Legal Action Group and London Housing Unit, 1988, 308 pp., £10 p.b. Hondon B. Hargrove, Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War London: McFarland/Folkestone: Bailey Bros & Swinfen Ltd., 1989, 250 pp., £17.20 h.b. Robert Miles, Racism London: Routledge, 1988, 175 pp., £8.95 p.b. Kayleen M. Hazlehurst, Ivory Scales: Black Australians and the Law Kensington: New S…
Punishing Drugs
Journal Article PUNISHING DRUGS: Criminal Justice and Drug Use Get access MIKE COLLISON MIKE COLLISON *Department of Criminology, University of Keele Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Summer 1993, Pages 382–399, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a048332 Published: 01 July 1993
Drug Crime, Drug Problems and Criminal Justice
In the latter half of the 1980s official criminal justice policy on drug misuse in the UK began to take on an increasingly bifurcated form. An emphasis on harm reduction and diversion into treatment and away from the penal system has (in theory) come to inform the approach to those implicated in drug or other crime because of dependency (cultural, pharmacological and psychological). However, at the same time proactive enforcement measures have be…
In Search of the High Life
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 traditions, and often proceeds via mimicry. In this paper the biographical narratives of a group of young male offenders are used to explore some of the problems and possibilities of growing up male on the margin…
Sociology (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Criminal justice (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Criminal law (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works)