Crime, Shame and Reintegration (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521356688)

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.

Author: John Braithwaite
ISBN-10: 0521356687
ISBN-13: 9780521356688
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/23/1989
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.46w x 0.70d