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garinda · 21-05-2010, 07:07

Geoffrey Pearson. Criminologist, and member of the Welsh Assembly.

I was born in Manchester during the war, brought up on a council estate, and educated at Accrington Grammar School and Peterhouse,Cambridge where I studied Moral Sciences (philosophy and psychology).
Welsh Assembly Government | Members

His book Hooligan was voted one of the seven iconic studies in British criminologay.
Hooligan: A History of Respectable Fears, Geoffrey Pearson, Basingstoke, MacMillan, 1983 -- Berry 38 (4): 830 -- British Journal of Social Work

In the 1976 book Working class youth culture, he returned to the town where he was brought up, and used Accrington as a case study to look at '****-bashing'.
Working class youth culture - Google Books

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garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16466	Re: Noted living Accringtonians. Geoffrey Pearson. Criminologist, and member of the Welsh Assembly. I was born in Manchester during the war, brought up on a council estate, and educated at Accrington Grammar School and Peterhouse,Cambridge where I studied Moral Sciences (philosophy and psychology). Welsh Assembly Government \| Members His book Hooligan was voted one of the seven iconic studies in British criminologay. Hooligan: A History of Respectable Fears, Geoffrey Pearson, Basingstoke, MacMillan, 1983 -- Berry 38 (4): 830 -- British Journal of Social Work In the 1976 book Working class youth culture, he returned to the town where he was brought up, and used Accrington as a case study to look at '****-bashing'. Working class youth culture - Google Books __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.