The hoods : crime and punishment in Belfast /

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A distinctive feature of the conflict in Northern Ireland over the past forty years has been the way Catholic and Protestant paramilitaries have policed their own communities. This has mainly involved the violent punishment of petty criminals involved in joyriding and other types of antisocial behav...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamill, Heather, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Crime > Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Criminals > Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Juvenile delinquents > Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Punishment > Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Paramilitary forces > Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Criminels > Irlande du Nord > Belfast.
Jeunes délinquants > Irlande du Nord > Belfast.
Forces paramilitaires > Irlande du Nord > Belfast.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime.
Criminals.
Juvenile delinquents.
Paramilitary forces.
Punishment.
Northern Ireland > Belfast.
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Sumario:A distinctive feature of the conflict in Northern Ireland over the past forty years has been the way Catholic and Protestant paramilitaries have policed their own communities. This has mainly involved the violent punishment of petty criminals involved in joyriding and other types of antisocial behavior. Between 1973 and 2007, more than 5,000 nonmilitary shootings and assaults were attributed to paramilitaries punishing their own people. But despite the risk of severe punishment, young petty offenders--known locally as "hoods"--Continue to offend, creating a puzzle for the rational theory of cr
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 189 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400836734
1400836735
9780691119632
0691119635
1282821091
9781282821095

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