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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785247703321

Autore

Hamill Heather <1971->

Titolo

The hoods [[electronic resource] ] : crime and punishment in Belfast / / Heather Hamill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-82109-1

9786612821097

1-4008-3673-5

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

364.9416/7

Soggetti

Crime - Northern Ireland - Belfast

Criminals - Northern Ireland - Belfast

Juvenile delinquents - Northern Ireland - Belfast

Punishment - Northern Ireland - Belfast

Paramilitary forces - Northern Ireland - Belfast

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. West Belfast -- Two. The Hoods -- Three. Search for Status -- Four. Signaling Games -- Five. Loyalists -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary of terms -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 criminal deterrence. Why do hoods behave in ways that invite violent punishment? In The Hoods, Heather Hamill explains why this informal system of policing and punishment developed and endured and why such harsh punishments as beatings, "kneecappings," and exile have not stopped hoods from



offending. Drawing on a variety of sources, including interviews with perpetrators and victims of this violence, the book argues that the hoods' risky offending may amount to a game in which hoods gain prestige by displaying hard-to-fake signals of toughness to each other. Violent physical punishment feeds into this signaling game, increasing the hoods' status by proving that they have committed serious offenses and can "manfully" take punishment yet remained undeterred. A rare combination of frontline research and pioneering ideas, The Hoods has important implications for our fundamental understanding of crime and punishment.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910563085003321

Autore

Rademann Jenny

Titolo

On Track or Off The Rails? : Intra-ministerial decision-making in transport infrastructure planning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Society & social sciences

Society and Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

In order to achieve a transition from a transport system centred on the individual car to one centred on (electrified) rail a new focus in infrastructure planning is needed. The preparation of project proposals for the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 on the sub-national level in Germany provides an opportunity to study decision-making processes in ministries and compare their respective results in this respect.  Using document analysis, expert interviews, qualitative content analysis as well as QCA, this thesis in political science analyses how decision-making processes within bureaucracies impact the decision output in transport infrastructure planning. It contributes to



the discussion on bureaucracy-politics interactions that is relevant beyond the German case.  One result is that ministries tend to use complex decision-making processes for topics deemed salient as long as the available capacity permits it. Consequently, in order to conduct legitimacy-enhancing steps - such as public participation - a well-funded bureaucracy is indispensable.