Preface Acknowledgments 1 Crime and Dissent 2 Society and Its Discontents 3 Dissent as "Pure" Crime 4 Policing Dissent 5 Working the System 6 The Impact of Dissent Appendix: Activist Profiles Notes Index About the Author
A fascinating insider's look at the motivations, costs and consequences of deliberately violating the law as a strategy of social change
Jarret S. Lovell is Associate Professor of Politics, Administration & Justice at California State University, Fullerton.
This book gives an account of people who 'deliberately and publicly
violate the law as expressions of protest against perceived racial,
economic, or social injustice' (p. viii). The accounts are
generated primarily through interviews with 21 activists who have
transgressed the law. They are used to illuminate both the personal
and social consequences of dissent and provide a particular insight
into the workings of the United States police and justice
systems.
*Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology*
Crimes of Dissent will immediately engage students and activists
alike. Using clear and concise first-person narratives, the book
explains why and how people engage in civil disobedience and the
ways that law enforcement responds. The reader stands to learn
important concepts and ideas regarding political dissent, its long
history, and the theory behind it.
*Luis A. Fernandez,author of Policing Dissent: Social Control and
the Anti-Globalization Movement*
Civil disobedience is the voice of our consciences, the courage
which mocks our fear of authority, the point where right defies
rules. This book wisely and elegantly charts the methods and
philosophy of dissent, it is a must read and a good read for anyone
concerned with the injustices of our times.
*Jock Young,author of The Vertigo of Late Modernity*
This book is a timely reminder of the long history of the
criminalization of dissent and civil disobedience that from time to
time gets buried under the mass of numbers and figures so loved by
many criminologists. Here we get the real story of dissent as
narrated by dissenters themselves and the effects of the
criminalization process on the everyday lives of both their
families and themselves.
*Mike Presdee,author of Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of
Crime*
is a highly engaging examination of contemporary forms and meanings
of political activism in the United States. Written from the
perspective of the scholar activist, the book is one part promotion
of law violating forms of political action - & crimes of dissent -
and one part handbook on civil disobedience.
*Socialist Studies: the Journal of the Society for Socialist
Studies*
As a window into the contemporary American subculture of dissent,
Crimes of Dissent is a fascinating read. The current American
microcosm of dissentwhich is at turns strange and familiar,
idealistic and pragmatic, ludicrous and lucidis revealed in full
glory.
*Law and Politics Book Review*
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