| Blamestorming, Blamemongers and Scapegoats: Allocating Blame in the Criminal Justice Process Contributor(s): Dingwall, Gavin (Author), Hillier, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1447305000 ISBN-13: 9781447305002 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - General - Philosophy | Social |
| Dewey: 364 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.05 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence We live in a society that is increasingly preoccupied with allocating blame: when something goes wrong someone must be to blame. Bringing together philosophical, psychological, and sociological accounts of blame, 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. This timely and topical book will be essential reading for anyone working or researching in the criminal justice field. It will also be of wider interest to anyone wishing to discover the role of blame in modern society. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hillier, Tim: - Tim Hillier is associate head of De Montfort Law School.Dingwall, Gavin: - Gavin Dingwall is professor of criminal justice policy at De Montfort University, UK. He is the author of Alcohol and Crime. |