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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs, Bruce A. (Bruce Abel), 1968-
Otros Autores: Wright, Richard, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Colección:Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Background and methods
  • The retaliatory ethic
  • A typology of criminal retaliation
  • Gender and retaliation (with Christopher Mullins)
  • Imperfect retaliation
  • Retaliation in perspective.