Crime, Shame and Reintegration - Softcover

Braithwaite, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521356687 ISBN 13: 9780521356688

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

A contribution to general criminological theory is supplied by this study's claim that the key to why some societies have higher crime rates than others lies in the way different cultures "shame" wrongdoing.

From the Back Cover:

Crime, shame and reintegration is a contribution to general criminological theory. Its approach is as relevant to professional burglary as to episodic delinquency or white collar crime. Braitwaite argues that some societies have higher crime rates than others because of their different processes of shaming wrongdoing. 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 an extraordinarily powerful, efficient and just form of social control

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0521356687
• ISBN 13: 9780521356688
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236