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Pierre Bourdieu: Laurie Taylor presents a special programme exploring his ideas and legacy.
- Programme: Thinking Allowed
- Episode: A Special Programme On Pierre Bourdieu
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Broadcast year: 2016
- Sociology | How are crime and deviance defined and measured in the UK? | Defintions of crime and deviance: the relativity of crime and deviance over time, between and within societies; the social construction of crime and deviance. Measuring crime including the advantages and disadvantages of each: official crime statistics, victim surveys (including CSEW); self-report studies.
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