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Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats : allocating blame in the criminal justice process / / Gavin Dingwall and Tim Hillier
| Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats : allocating blame in the criminal justice process / / Gavin Dingwall and Tim Hillier |
| Autore | Dingwall Gavin |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina |
364.15
364.1523 |
| Soggetto topico |
Criminal liability
Blame Criminal justice, Administration of |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Social Science
Criminology |
| ISBN |
1-4473-2116-2
1-4473-0499-3 1-4473-1161-2 1-4473-0501-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910433257303321 |
Dingwall Gavin
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| 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats : allocating blame in the criminal justice process / / Gavin Dingwall and Tim Hillier
| Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats : allocating blame in the criminal justice process / / Gavin Dingwall and Tim Hillier |
| Autore | Dingwall Gavin |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina |
364.15
364.1523 |
| Soggetto topico |
Criminal liability
Blame Criminal justice, Administration of |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Social Science
Criminology |
| ISBN |
1-4473-2116-2
1-4473-0499-3 1-4473-1161-2 1-4473-0501-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996509969703316 |
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Dingwall Gavin
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| 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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