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Mounties, Moose, and Moonshine : the Patterns and Context of Outport Crime.
Okihiro looks at crime arising from economic subsistence behaviours - hunting, gathering, and domestic production activities long supported or tolerated in the outports, including big-game poaching and the production and consumption of moonshine.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COVER
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1: Introduction
- A World of Difference
- Goal of the Study
- Review of the Rural Crime Literature
- 'Classic' Studies of Outport Culture
- The Current Economic Basis of Outport Life
- Cultural Continuity in the Outports
- Organization of the Book
- Scope of the Study
- 2: A History of Outport Settlement, Economic Development, and Law Enforcement
- Early Settlement in Newfoundland
- French-English Rivalry
- The Period of Self-Government
- The Traditional Outport Economy during Self-Government
- The Commission of Government and the Newfoundland Rangers
- Confederation
- Developments in the Fishery since Confederation
- The Post-Confederation Policing Structure
- Summary
- 3: The Setting
- Main Harbour
- Fish Arm
- 4: Crime Rates and Crime Reporting in the Outports
- Amount of Crime from Official Crime Rates
- Type of Crime
- The Problem of Crime Reporting
- Perceptions of the Police in the Outports
- Police Visits as Trouble
- The Social Calculus of Reporting
- Avoidance and Immunity to Sanctions for Reporting
- Conclusion
- 5: Patterns of Outport Big Game Poaching
- Academic Treatment of Big Game Poaching
- The Development of the Newfoundland Game Laws
- The Development of the Game Law Enforcement Structure
- The Social Distribution of Poaching
- Community Sentiments concerning Poaching
- The Effect of Wildlife Enforcement
- The Impact of Social Relations in the Community
- Conclusion
- 6: The Modus Operandi of the Poacher: A Case Study
- Research Background
- The Hunt
- The Preparation and Distribution of the Meat
- 7: Moonshine
- Moonshine as an Ignored Social Problem
- Field Work
- Community Norms regarding Alcohol Consumption during Public Celebrations
- The Social Context of Small Group Drinking in the Outport.
- Community Reaction to Heavy Drinkers
- Current Patterns of Outport Drinking
- Moonshine Drinking and Social Bonds
- The Method of Moonshine Production
- The Social Distribution of Moonshine Production
- Summary
- 8: Interpersonal Crime and Vandalism
- Newfoundland Violence Statistics and Their Problems
- Social Tensions and Social Control of Aggression in the Outport
- Fighting and Assault
- Domestic Assault
- Hard Tickets, Harassment, and Tormenting
- Negligence, Recklessness, and Vandalism
- The Social Penalization of Deviants
- Repeat Offenders
- Conclusion
- 9: Crimes of the Powerful
- Academic Treatment of the Economic Subjugation of Outport Fishermen
- Patterns of Dominance of Fishermen
- The Fish Plant
- Sharp Dealings
- Differential Contact with Influential Outsiders
- General Deference to Authority
- Crimes by Agents of Social Control
- The Subjective Warrant of Law Enforcement Officers
- 10: Government Policy and Social Order in a Collapsed Economy
- The Collapse of the Cod Stocks
- Government Adjustment Policies in the Outports
- The Immediate Impact of the Moratorium on Outport Life
- The Effect of DFO's Recent Fishery Policy
- The Criminalization of Subsistence Activities
- The Enforcement of Conservation Policy
- Likely Outport Responses during the New 'Hard Times'
- Towards Enlightened Policy
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
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- W.