Vincenzo Ruggiero
Encyclopedia
Vincenzo Ruggiero is Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University
, London
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He is also director of the Crime and Conflict Research Centre at Middlesex University
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He has worked on; penal systems, organised and corporate crime, state crimes and the crimes of the powerful, and also on sociological and urban issues, social movements, political violence and war.
(2000),
received the Premio Nazionale G. Arena for the book Movements in the City (2002),
and was nominated for the Hindelang Award by the American Society of Criminology
for the book Crime in Literature (2004).
Middlesex University
Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
, London
London
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He is also director of the Crime and Conflict Research Centre at Middlesex University
Middlesex University
Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
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Research
He has conducted research on behalf of the ESRC (the Economic and Social Research Council), the British Home Office, the European Commission and the United NationsUnited Nations
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He has worked on; penal systems, organised and corporate crime, state crimes and the crimes of the powerful, and also on sociological and urban issues, social movements, political violence and war.
Publications
He has published extensively in international academic journals, and his books include, Western European Penal Systems (1995), Eurodrugs (1995), Organised and Corporate Crime in Europe (1996), The New European Criminology (1998), Crime and Markets (2000), Movements in the City (2001), Economic and Financial Crime in Europe (2002), Crime in Literature (2003), Understanding Political Violence (2006), Social Movements: A Reader (2008), Potere e Violenza (2010), Penal Abolitionism (2010).Recognition and prizes
He was nominated as Distinguished International Academic by the American Society of CriminologyAmerican Society of Criminology
The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency...
(2000),
received the Premio Nazionale G. Arena for the book Movements in the City (2002),
and was nominated for the Hindelang Award by the American Society of Criminology
American Society of Criminology
The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency...
for the book Crime in Literature (2004).