Crime, Shame and Reintegration
This book, a contribution to general criminological theory, suggests that the key to why some societies have higher crime rates than others lies in the way different cultures go about the social process of shaming wrongdoers. Shaming can be counterproductive, making crime problems worse. But when...
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This book, a contribution to general criminological theory, suggests that the key to why some societies have higher crime rates than others lies in the way different cultures go about the social process of shaming wrongdoers. Shaming can be counterproductive, making crime problems worse. But when shaming is done within a cultural context of respect for the offender, it can be extraordinarily powerful, efficient, and just form of social control.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780521356688 (0521356687)
ASIN: 521356687
Publish date: April 28th 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages no: 236
Edition language: English
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