Crime, Shame and Reintegration Paperback - Softcover

Braithwaite, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521356687 ISBN 13: 9780521356688

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Inhaltsangabe

Braithwaite argues that some societies have higher crime rates than others because of their different processes of shaming wrongdoing. He believes if shaming is done within a cultural context of respect for the offender, then it can be a just form of social control. This book will interest criminologists, sociologists, lawyers, public administrators and politicians.

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Críticas:

'Braithwaite's new book is important. It integrates legalistic ideas about deterrence with sociological and social psychological ideas about why people commit delinquencies and crimes. It won't be the last word on crime causation but it will set scholars and researchers on the right path to enunciating the last word. I predict that Crime, Shame and Reintegration will become an important pattern-setting document in criminology.' Donald R. Cressey, University of California, Santa Barbara

Contraportada:

Crime, shame and reintegration is a contribution to general criminological theory. Its approach is as relevant to professional burglary as to episodic delinquency or white collar crime. Braitwaite argues that some societies have higher crime rates than others because of their different processes of shaming wrongdoing. Shaming can be counterproductive, making crime problems worse. But when shaming is done within a cultural context of respect for the offender, it can be an extraordinarily powerful, efficient and just form of social control

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0521356687
• ISBN 13: 9780521356688
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 236