We are often told that unemployment is 'no excuse' for committing crimes. It certainly does not follow, as many in government would have use believe, that crime is unrelated to social conditions.Examining a mass of evidence from Great Britain, the United States, Canada and other industrialised countries, Steven Box shows how criminal activity increased with unemployment, poverty and sharpened competition between firms. He demonstrates that corporate as well as individual crime is affected by the experience of recession and that changing pressures and opportunities alter the character and distribution of deviance as well as increasing its incidence.Although deterioration in material circumstances does lead to more crime, however, it does not alone account for the massive increase in prison populations or increasingly repressive systems of social control. These developments, the author argues, flow more from government attempts to restructure the labour force and the natural reaction of minor state officials like judges, police and probation officers to the changing 'logic' of their situations.

Recession, Crime and Punishment

Politics & Social Sciences

Box, Steven

Social Sciences

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Anthony Pryor: Sculpture & drawings, 1974-1991

This is a story of the remarkable achievements of a gifted young sculptor who did not live to see his last major work, the 19-metre high sculpture The Legend, installed at the entrance to the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Multi-authored, the book offers essays on the various aspects of his career. Writers include Joannna Capon, Judith Trimble, Daryl Jackson and others. The more than 200 photographs, including photographic essays by John Gollings and Viki Petherbridge, cover almost the complete oeuvre, with the sculptures photographed in Pryor's studio, in art galleries and the public spaces where they are installed. Many are captured from several angles. Anthony Pryor's life and works provide a role model for young people with ambitions in the creative arts.

Anthony Pryor: Sculpture & Drawings, 1974-1991

Arts & Photography

Zimmer, Jenny

History & Criticism

<p>Almost 80 years ago, Keith Murdoch gave his young bride a wedding present that would be of very special significance throughout all the intervening years. A small grazing property on the outskirts of Melbourne, they called it Cruden Farm, and it was here that their family grew up and the garden evolved. A born gardener, with a practical 'hands-on' approach, an eye for beauty, and a passion for trees and flowers, Dame Elisabeth calls it her Garden of a Lifetime. Edna Walling's late 1920s plans for the circular lawn, walled gardens and world-renowned sweeping avanue of lemon-scented eucalypts were implemented in the 1930s when some of the majestic trees, like the huge oaks and elms that form the structure of the garden, were planted. Dame Elisabeth then created the silver and white borders extending form the house and later, assisted by Michael Morrison, developed 'Cottage Garden', the 'Garden for Homeless Plants', and the spectacular floral 'Picking Garden'. Next they extended the garden into the surrounding landscape by building the picturesque lake and adding new plantations and the daffodill fields. This beautifully colour-illustrated book traces the history of the garden's creation and guides the reader around its spectacular features, while entries for the months of the year give practical hints on upkeep. The author, Anne Latrielle, has written: 'Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and Michael Morrison are realists, perfectionists and romantics - an unusual and energising combination'. This is a must-have book for all who love the beauty of gardens and the landscape and want to know more about Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's lifetime of almost-daily gardening at Cruden Farm.</p>

Garden of a Lifetime: Dame Elisabeth Murdoch at Cruden Farm

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Latrielle, Anne

Gardening & Landscape Design

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