04401nam 2200697 450 99650996970331620170822120621.01-4473-2116-21-4473-0499-31-4473-1161-21-4473-0501-910.51952/9781447305019(CKB)2670000000592729(EBL)1938287(MiAaPQ)EBC1938287(StDuBDS)EDZ0001196309(ScCtBLL)d6d07e42-dbac-4982-9c97-4191aac4e1f4(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26550(DE-B1597)646757(DE-B1597)9781447305019(EXLCZ)99267000000059272920150216h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBlamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats allocating blame in the criminal justice process /Gavin Dingwall and Tim HillierFirst edition.2008Bristol, England ;Chicago, Illinois :Policy Press,2015.©20151 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4473-0500-0 1-322-88118-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 caseJustifying 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 seriousnessShocking 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 blameLegal 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; IndexThis 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.Criminal liabilityBlameCriminal justice, Administration ofSocial ScienceCriminologyCriminal liability.Blame.Criminal justice, Administration of.364.15364.1523Dingwall Gavin999545Hillier TimMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996509969703316Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats2293930UNISA