LEADER 04142nam 2200817Ia 450 001 9910969318703321 005 20251117011614.0 010 $a9786612821097 010 $a9781282821095 010 $a1282821091 010 $a9781400836734 010 $a1400836735 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400836734 035 $a(CKB)2670000000047875 035 $a(EBL)590819 035 $a(OCoLC)712994965 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419836 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304967 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419836 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10384619 035 $a(PQKB)10948550 035 $a(OCoLC)677126386 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36905 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000514908 035 $a(DE-B1597)447006 035 $a(OCoLC)979742019 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400836734 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL590819 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10421691 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL282109 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC590819 035 $a(Perlego)734923 035 $a(iGPub)PUPB0001745 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000047875 100 $a20100408d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe hoods $ecrime and punishment in Belfast /$fHeather Hamill 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780691180687 311 08$a0691180687 311 08$a9780691119632 311 08$a0691119635 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tOne. West Belfast -- $tTwo. The Hoods -- $tThree. Search for Status -- $tFour. Signaling Games -- $tFive. Loyalists -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tGlossary of terms -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aA 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. 606 $aCrime$zNorthern Ireland$zBelfast 606 $aCriminals$zNorthern Ireland$zBelfast 606 $aJuvenile delinquents$zNorthern Ireland$zBelfast 606 $aPunishment$zNorthern Ireland$zBelfast 606 $aParamilitary forces$zNorthern Ireland$zBelfast 615 0$aCrime 615 0$aCriminals 615 0$aJuvenile delinquents 615 0$aPunishment 615 0$aParamilitary forces 676 $a364.9416/7 700 $aHamill$b Heather$f1971-$01896109 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969318703321 996 $aThe hoods$94550423 997 $aUNINA