When killing is a crime
The criminalization of killing -- The invention of murder : killing and the law. Case study: legitimizing the third party : Albanian blood revenge. Case study: vigilante justice in Skidmore, Missouri. Case study: death by python : the deaths of the Girl Comfort and Samuel Betta -- The ecology of vio...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Boulder, Colo. [u.a.]
Lynne Rienner Publishers
2007
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| In: | Jahr: 2007 |
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Table of contents only |
| Bestand in Tübingen: | In Tübingen vorhanden. UB: KB 20 A 2699 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The criminalization of killing -- The invention of murder : killing and the law. Case study: legitimizing the third party : Albanian blood revenge. Case study: vigilante justice in Skidmore, Missouri. Case study: death by python : the deaths of the Girl Comfort and Samuel Betta -- The ecology of violence : from hurt feelings to fatal blows. Case study: notes on the murders of thirty of my neighbors. Case study: the trials of W.T.C "Rough" Elliott. Case study: deadly "cafeteria crime" among the mien of Sacramento -- Societies respond to killers : the need for catharsis and outrage. Case study: vigilantism in a Tanzanian village. Case study: massacre in a Chinese labor camp. Case study: the case of the exploding Pinto -- When the state kills : execution, war, and genocide. Case study: war crimes tribunals, genocide, and Rwanda. Case study: death in the Congo Free State. Case study: the Milgram experiment and obedience -- Understanding the sociology of killing |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIX, 252 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781588265142 9781588265395 1588265390 |