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 shaming is done within a cultural context of respect for the offender, it can be extraordinarily powerful, efficient, and just form of social control
Print Book, English, 1989
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], 1989
viii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780521356688, 9780521355674, 0521356687, 0521355672
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Whither criminological theory?
The dominant theoretical traditions : labeling, subcultural, control, opportunity and learning theories
Facts a theory of crime ought to fit
The family model of the criminal process : reintegrative shaming
Why and how does shaming work?
Social conditions conducive to reintegrative shaming
Summary of the theory
Testing the theory
Reintegrative shaming and white collar crime
Shaming and the good society