1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910433257303321

Autore

Dingwall Gavin

Titolo

Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats : allocating blame in the criminal justice process / / Gavin Dingwall and Tim Hillier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2008

Bristol, England ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : Policy Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4473-2116-2

1-4473-0499-3

1-4473-1161-2

1-4473-0501-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

364.15

364.1523

Soggetti

Criminal liability

Blame

Criminal justice, Administration of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.  It will also  be of wider interest to anyone wishing to discover the role of blame in modern society.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780068703321

Autore

Pearson C. J.

Titolo

Agronomy of grassland systems / / C.J. Pearson, R.L. Ison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997

ISBN

1-107-11303-2

0-511-01762-6

1-280-41702-1

9786610417025

1-139-16396-5

0-511-17349-0

0-511-15257-4

0-511-32758-7

0-511-05341-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

633.2/02

Soggetti

Pastures

Grasses

Range management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Overview: perspectives on grassland systems; Chapter 2 The emergence of grassland systems; Chapter 3 Generation; Chapter 4 Vegetative growth; Chapter 5 Flowering and seed production; Chapter 6 Mineral nutrition; Chapter 7 Herbage quality and animal intake; Chapter 8 Grassland...animal interactions and management; Chapter 9 Grassland systems design; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The challenges facing grassland agronomists are becoming increasingly complex, with environmental and ethical issues assuming a greater significance alongside more conventional technical aspects. This new expanded edition, with an increased emphasis on systems thinking, has been revised to reflect current concerns, knowledge and practice. As



such it addresses the need for a different approach to grassland agronomy, providing novel and provocative material to instruct, stimulate and enthuse the reader.