The hoods : crime and punishment in Belfast /

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Author / Creator:Hamill, Heather, 1971-
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (x, 189 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11232405
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ISBN:9781400836734
1400836735
9780691119632
0691119635
1282821091
9781282821095
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Hamill, Heather, 1971- Hoods. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691119632