The micro-sociological perspectives of symbolic interactionism and Goffman's dramaturgy, applied to questions of self-identity, emotions, mental health and everyday life. Originator of the sociology of shyness and sociology of nothing
History of modern criminal law, England and Scotland; criminal law and legal theory; law and social theory
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