Sheila Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 4000184 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheila Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheila |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sunderland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1931 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Media/Crime/Millennium: Where Are We Now? A Reflective Review of Research and Theory Directions in the 21st Century
This paper aims to provide a reflective – and selective – review of key developments in media and crime research and theory from the vantage point of the new century. Writing primarily as a criminologist, though with a background in sociological theory and research, information studies, and cultural analysis, I will seek to identify some of the turning points and questions that emerge from what is a recently rejuvenated and expanding field. For t…
The criminology of hybrids: Rethinking crime and law in technosocial networks
This article develops insights from cybercultures theory, post/feminisms, information theory and the social theories of science and technologies in a criminological context. The hierarchical relationship between 'people' and 'things' is questioned, suggesting directions beyond science, constructivism and deconstruction in criminology. Criminology has frequently been overly preoccupied with theoretical binary oppositions and this has resulted in a…
Understanding Youth and Crime: Listening to Youth
Preface - constructing the other - childhood and youth representing problem youth - the repackaging of reality problem youth meets criminology in whose interests? - politics and policy policing youth punishing youth - listening to youth
De l'adhésion à un nouveau système religieux à la transformation d'un système de valeurs: Étude d'Une Communauté Rurale Africaine
An analysis of the relationship between changes in the value system characteristic of a rural environment and the adoption of a new religious system. This article is based upon research aimed at analysing the processes by which groups adopt religious systems which are not characteristic of their local culture. The study was carried out in a village in South Africa where Christian missionaries had been present since 1820. Three problems were inves…
Some Case Studies of Delinquent Girls Described as Leaders: From a social investigation made in the County of Los Angeles, California
R ésumé QUELQUES ETUDES DE JEUNES FILLES DÉLINQUANTES DÉSIGNÉES COMME MENEUSES. Parmi un petit groupe de jeunes filles adolescentes délinquantes auxquelles, dans un “Californian Juvenile Court,” on a reproché d'avoir eu une “mauvaise influence” on fit six études spécielles. Celles‐ci embrassent les dépositions des voisins et des camarades aussi bien que lés rapports médicaux et psychologiques. On les compare avec d'autres études de jeunes filles …
The criminology of hybrids: Rethinking crime and law in technosocial networks
This article develops insights from cybercultures theory, post/feminisms, information theory and the social theories of science and technologies in a criminological context. The hierarchical relationship between 'people' and 'things' is questioned, suggesting directions beyond science, constructivism and deconstruction in criminology. Criminology has frequently been overly preoccupied with theoretical binary oppositions and this has resulted in a…
Some Case Studies of Delinquent Girls Described as Leaders: From a social investigation made in the County of Los Angeles, California
R ésumé QUELQUES ETUDES DE JEUNES FILLES DÉLINQUANTES DÉSIGNÉES COMME MENEUSES. Parmi un petit groupe de jeunes filles adolescentes délinquantes auxquelles, dans un “Californian Juvenile Court,” on a reproché d'avoir eu une “mauvaise influence” on fit six études spécielles. Celles‐ci embrassent les dépositions des voisins et des camarades aussi bien que lés rapports médicaux et psychologiques. On les compare avec d'autres études de jeunes filles …
De l'adhésion à un nouveau système religieux à la transformation d'un système de valeurs: Étude d'Une Communauté Rurale Africaine
An analysis of the relationship between changes in the value system characteristic of a rural environment and the adoption of a new religious system. This article is based upon research aimed at analysing the processes by which groups adopt religious systems which are not characteristic of their local culture. The study was carried out in a village in South Africa where Christian missionaries had been present since 1820. Three problems were inves…
Understanding Youth and Crime: Listening to Youth
Preface - constructing the other - childhood and youth representing problem youth - the repackaging of reality problem youth meets criminology in whose interests? - politics and policy policing youth punishing youth - listening to youth
The criminology of hybrids: Rethinking crime and law in technosocial networks
This article develops insights from cybercultures theory, post/feminisms, information theory and the social theories of science and technologies in a criminological context. The hierarchical relationship between 'people' and 'things' is questioned, suggesting directions beyond science, constructivism and deconstruction in criminology. Criminology has frequently been overly preoccupied with theoretical binary oppositions and this has resulted in a…
Media/Crime/Millennium: Where Are We Now? A Reflective Review of Research and Theory Directions in the 21st Century
This paper aims to provide a reflective – and selective – review of key developments in media and crime research and theory from the vantage point of the new century. Writing primarily as a criminologist, though with a background in sociological theory and research, information studies, and cultural analysis, I will seek to identify some of the turning points and questions that emerge from what is a recently rejuvenated and expanding field. For t…
Sociology (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Active listening (1 works) · Apprehension (1 works)