Critique Of Geoff Pearson's 'Obituary'

‘With close reference to a selection from your research/reading (minimum 3 references by or about your criminologist), critically assess the contribution made by your author to criminological knowledge. You should focus closely on how he /she developed critiqued or applied theory.’
“There was no trick or sleight of hand with Geoff Pearson, no mystique to his craft as an academic, to his qualities as a champion of the excluded and the misunderstood, or indeed to the way that he led his all too short life.” These words, expressed by Dick Hobbs in Professor Pearson’s Obituary, are perfectly describing him as the ‘passionate advocate for the outsider’, the man who believed and proved through his research that everyone, regardless status, class…show more content…
And this is where the role of the government and the media gets involved, when Pearson notably observes that the images presented by both when referring to juvenile crime and antisocial behavior, tend to enlarge some sides of the phenomenon while ignoring or marginalizing others. He ultimately reached the intelligent conclusion that the false exists in government and media’s emphasis on the “unprecedented nature of the problem” , instead of concentrating on the existing ‘precedented’ history, which requires us to unlock…show more content…
Pearson, G. (1987) Preface In : The New Heroin Users, Blackwell, p.vii
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