Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats: allocating blame in the criminal justice process

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We live in a society that is increasingly preoccupied with allocating blame: when something goes wrong someone must be to blame. Bringing together philosophical, psychological, and sociological accounts of blame, this is the first detailed criminological account of the role of blame in which the aut...

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Authors: Dingwall, Gavin (Author) ; Hillier, Tim (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol Policy Press [2015]
In:Year: 2015
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Keywords:
Criminology
Criminal Liability
Blame
Social Sciences
Social Science / Criminology
Electronic books
Beschuldigung > Kriminalisierung
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:We live in a society that is increasingly preoccupied with allocating blame: when something goes wrong someone must be to blame. Bringing together philosophical, psychological, and sociological accounts of blame, this is the first detailed criminological account of the role of blame in which the authors present a novel study of the legal process of blame attribution, set in the context of criminalisation as a social and political process
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 203 Seiten)
ISBN:9781447305002