Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats : allocating blame in the criminal justice process /

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We live in a society that is increasingly preoccupied with allocating blame: when something goes wrong someone must be to blame. Bringing together philosophical, psychological, and sociological accounts of blame, this is the first detailed socio-legal account of the role of blame in which the author...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Dingwall, Gavin (Autor), Hillier, Tim (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015.
Temas:
Criminal liability.
Blame.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Blâme.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • BLAMESTORMING, BLAMEMONGERS AND SCAPEGOATS; Contents; About the authors ; Preface; 1. Introduction and the centrality of blame; The Case of Mrs Inglis; The Case of Baby P; Blamestorming; Blamemongers; Scapegoats; Blame; Preliminary reflections; 2. Blame in the criminal justice process; Pre-trial diversion: removing those of limited culpability; Pre-trial diversion: fixed penalties for particular categories of offence; Pre-trial diversion: the routine diversion of some types of criminal conduct to specialist state agencies; Mode of trial: deciding which court will hear a case
  • Justifying sentence: the normative backgroundJustifying sentence: the legal background; Conclusions: blame and procedural decision-making; 3. Blame and the blameless; The minimum age of criminal responsibility; Mental capacity; Justifications, excuses and circumstances precluding wrongfulness; Blame and luck; 4. Blameless crime; Motive: criminalising the well-intentioned; Recklessness: criminalising the risk-taker; Negligence and gross negligence: criminalising the incompetent; Strict liability: criminalising the blameless; Conclusion; 5. Blame amplification ; Offence seriousness
  • Shocking and extraordinary crimes6. Putting oneself in harm's way; Blame, gang membership and paramilitary involvement; Purchasing drugs, 'associating with criminals' and expanding the 'blameworthy'; Drug misuse and crime; Blame, intoxication and alcohol-related offending; Conclusion: voluntarily heightening the risk of offending; 7. Blame, punitiveness and criminalisation; The growth of blame culture and the need for scapegoats; From civil liability to criminal liability; From human rights to the International Criminal Court; 8. Blamestorming and blamemongers; Defining blame
  • Legal determinations about blameBlame and procedural decision-making; Blame, luck and diminished responsibility; Precursory conduct and the attribution of blame; Quantifying blame; Swiss cheese; The blamemongers: from process to value; Glossary; References; Case list; Index

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