Crime, Shame and Reintegration


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By: John Braithwaite

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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.

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Paperback: 236 pages

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (1989-04-28)

Dimensions (H L W): 80 x 850 x 550

ISBN: 0521356687

EAN: 9780521356688