Street justice : retaliation in the criminal underworld /
Street criminals live in a dangerous world, but they cannot rely on the criminal justice system to protect them from predation by fellow lawbreakers; they often use retaliation as a mechanism for deterring and responding to victimization. This explores retaliation from the perspective of those who h...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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Colección: | Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Street criminals live in a dangerous world, but they cannot rely on the criminal justice system to protect them from predation by fellow lawbreakers; they often use retaliation as a mechanism for deterring and responding to victimization. This explores retaliation from the perspective of those who have experienced it first hand. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 154 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-148) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780511219207 0511219202 0511219881 9780511219887 9780511221170 0511221177 9780511816055 0511816057 1107154472 9781107154476 1280480181 9781280480188 0511220308 9780511220302 0511314574 9780511314575 |