The Hoods
Crime and Punishment in Belfast
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2010
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-11963-2 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-11963-2 (ISBN)
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A distinctive feature of the conflict in Northern Ireland over the years has been the way Catholic and Protestant paramilitaries have policed their own communities. This book explains why the informal system of policing and punishment developed and endured and why the harsh punishments have not stopped young petty offenders (hoods) from offending.
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 criminal deterrence. Why do hoods behave in ways that invite violent punishment? In "The Hoods", Heather Hamill explains why this informal system of policing and punishment developed and endured and why such harsh punishments as beatings, 'kneecappings', and exile have not stopped hoods from offending. Drawing on a variety of sources, including interviews with perpetrators and victims of this violence, the book argues that the hoods' risky offending may amount to a game in which hoods gain prestige by displaying hard-to-fake signals of toughness to each other.
Violent physical punishment feeds into this signaling game, increasing the hoods' status by proving that they have committed serious offenses and can 'manfully' take punishment yet remained undeterred. A rare combination of frontline research and pioneering ideas, "The Hoods" has important implications for our fundamental understanding of crime and punishment.
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 criminal deterrence. Why do hoods behave in ways that invite violent punishment? In "The Hoods", Heather Hamill explains why this informal system of policing and punishment developed and endured and why such harsh punishments as beatings, 'kneecappings', and exile have not stopped hoods from offending. Drawing on a variety of sources, including interviews with perpetrators and victims of this violence, the book argues that the hoods' risky offending may amount to a game in which hoods gain prestige by displaying hard-to-fake signals of toughness to each other.
Violent physical punishment feeds into this signaling game, increasing the hoods' status by proving that they have committed serious offenses and can 'manfully' take punishment yet remained undeterred. A rare combination of frontline research and pioneering ideas, "The Hoods" has important implications for our fundamental understanding of crime and punishment.
Heather Hamill is university lecturer in sociology at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford. She is the coauthor of "Streetwise: How Taxi Drivers Establish Customers' Trustworthiness".
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter One: West Belfast 17 Chapter Two: The Hoods 51 Chapter Three: Search for Status 81 Chapter Four: Signaling Games 105 Chapter Five: Loyalists 127 Conclusion 143 Notes 149 Glossary of Terms 167 Bibliography 171 Index 185
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.11.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 2 line illus. 2 tables. |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 425 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-11963-5 / 0691119635 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-11963-2 / 9780691119632 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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