The hoods : crime and punishment in Belfast /
A 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 behav...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton University Press,
2011
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | A 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 cr |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 189 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400836734 1400836735 9780691119632 0691119635 1282821091 9781282821095 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
