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Blamestorming, Blamemongers and Scapegoats Allocating Blame in the Criminal Justice Process

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 criminological account of the role of blame in which the aut...

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Main Author: Dingwall, Gavin
Other Authors: Hillier, Tim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Policy Press 2008
Subjects:
Crime And Criminology
Criminology
Social Science
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Collection: OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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 criminological account of the role of blame in which the authors present a novel study of the legal process of blame attribution, set in the context of criminalisation as a social and political process.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
ISBN:9781447305002

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