The hoods : crime and punishment in Belfast /

The hoods : crime and punishment in Belfast /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hamill, Heather, 1971-
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 189 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Crime -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast. Criminals -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast. Juvenile delinquents -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast. Punishment -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast. Paramilitary forces -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast. Crime. Criminals. Juvenile delinquents. Paramilitary forces. Punishment. Northern Ireland -- Belfast. Electronic books.
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. Print version record.
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

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. West Belfast
Chapter 2. The Hoods
Chapter 3. Search for Status
Chapter 4. Signaling Games
Chapter 5. Loyalists
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Index