The Problem of Pleasure brings together leading academics from the UK, the US, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand to examine several aspects of leisure that are vulnerable to crime, from illegal hunting to street racing, as well as the impact of crime upon tourists and the tourism industry.

1. Introduction: The Problem of Pleasure - Theoretical Foundations 2. The Paradox of Cinematic Sexual Violence as Entertainment 3. Crime Time: The Rise of Police Programming on Television 4. The Making, Shaking and Taking of Public Spaces 5. Playgrounds Without Frontiers: Movin', Moddin', Pushing the Boundaries of Pleasure 6. Impermissible Pleasures in UK Leisure: Exploring Policy Developments in Alcohol and Illicit Drugs 7.The Problem of Access: Outdoor Leisure Activities and Access to Private Rural Land 8. Public Disorder, Antisocial Behaviour and Alcohol-Related Crime: From the Metropilis to the Tourist Resort 9. Sin City v. Fantasyland: Crime, Legislation and Policing in Two Different Tourism Environments 10. 'There Can Be No Orcs in New Zealand': Do Media Representations of Crime Tarnish Tourism? 11. Visitor Perceptions of Crime-Safety and Attituded Towards Risk: The Case of Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town 12. Crime and Safety within Caravan Populations: An Australian Survey 13. Tourist Victimisation - An Exploratory Survey from Ghana 14. The Tourist Victim: Paradise Lost or Paradise Regained?