Violent night : urban leisure and contemporary culture

Simon Winlow, Steve Hall

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Abstract

Why do our night-time cities seem to mix pleasure with violence? This is the time and place when cities are taken over by young men in search of alcohol, drugs, another club or a fight. Current public policy has patently failed to keep on top of the new trends in both consumption and destruction which make urban centres simultaneously seductive and dangerous. Violent Night uses powerful insider accounts to uncover the underlying causes and meanings of violence. Interviews with the police, the perpetrators and the victims of violence reveal the complex emotions that surround both the perpetration and resolution of crime. Violent Night shows that a new approach is needed to successfully rehabilitate a culture struggling and failing to deal with nihilism and escalating hostility.

Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherBloomsbury
Number of pages224
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9781474215923
ISBN (Print)9781845201647, 9781845201630
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Violence
  • night-time economy
  • working-class leisure
  • post-industrialism
  • ethnography

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