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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Main Author: Hamill, Heather, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Punishment.
Paramilitary forces.
Juvenile delinquents.
Criminals.
Crime.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Forces paramilitaires > Irlande du Nord > Belfast.
Jeunes delinquants > Irlande du Nord > Belfast.
Criminels > Irlande du Nord > Belfast.
Paramilitary forces > Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Punishment > Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Juvenile delinquents > Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Criminals > Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Crime > Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Northern Ireland > Belfast.
Electronic books.
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9781400836734

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