Harmful societies : understanding social harm
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 20 - Social Work and Social Policy
- Output identifier
- 31762179
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Policy Press
- ISBN
- 9781847427946
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book provides critical insights which are the culmination of extensive theoretical and empirical work undertaken as part of a 5 year Fellowship. Comprehensive literature reviews were conducted drawing on a range of literatures (including criminology, law, politics, sociology), resulting in major conceptual and methodological advancements in the definition and measurement of social harm. Eight comparative social indicators (from secondary data sources across 31 countries, using OECD data) were mapped onto an innovative harm reduction typology to measure the prevalence of harm. This in-depth and complex analysis allowed statistical analysis of the drivers of harm production in different societies.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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