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Author Hamill, Heather, 1971-

Title The hoods : crime and punishment in Belfast / Heather Hamill.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2011]
©2011
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Description 1 online resource (x, 189 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents West Belfast -- The hoods -- Search for status -- Signaling games -- Loyalists.
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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Subject Crime -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast.
Crime.
Northern Ireland -- Belfast.
Criminals -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast.
Criminals.
Juvenile delinquents -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast.
Juvenile delinquents.
Punishment -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast.
Punishment.
Paramilitary forces -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast.
Paramilitary forces.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hamill, Heather, 1971- Hoods. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691119632 (DLC) 2010014342 (OCoLC)606235077
ISBN 9781400836734 (electronic book)
1400836735 (electronic book)
9780691119632 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0691119635 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1282821091
9781282821095

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