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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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Collection: | Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Background and methods
- The retaliatory ethic
- A typology of criminal retaliation
- Gender and retaliation (with Christopher Mullins)
- Imperfect retaliation
- Retaliation in perspective.