Emotions, crime and justice

Emotions, crime and justice edited by Susanne Karstedt, Ian Loader and Heather Strang. - Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2011. - xiii, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"The papers published in this volume were first presented in a workshop at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISJ) in Onati, Spain, in 2004"--P. [v].
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I EMOTIONS IN TRANSGRESSION AND CRIME
1.Forward Panic and Violent Atrocities /​ Randall Collins
2.Making Sense of `Senseless Violence' /​ Willem De Haan
3.Shame, Pride and Workplace Bullying /​ John Braithwaite
4.The Sensual Dynamics of Processes of Personal Reform: Desistance from Crime and the Role of Emotions /​ Stephen Farrall
5.Trends in Crime and Fear: Lessons from Chicago, 1994-2003 /​ Wesley G Skogan
6.Moral Indignation in the East Of England: A Youthful Twist on Ranulf's Ageing Thesis /​ Shadd Maruna
pt. II EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES OF JUSTICE
7.Empathy for the Devil: The Nature and Nurture of Revenge /​ Heather Strang
8.Reintegrative Ritual: Restorative Justice and Micro-Sociology /​ Meredith Rossner
9.Shame, Ethical Identity and Conformity: Lessons from Research on the Psychology of Social Influence /​ Nathan Harris
10.Procedural Justice, Emotions and Resistance to Authority /​ Kristina Murphy
Contents note continued: pt. III `EMOTION WORK' IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS
11.Dealing with Defiant Citizens: Building Emotional Intelligence into Police Work /​ Bas Van Stokkom
12.Managing Prisoners, Managing Emotion: The Dynamics of Age, Culture and Identity /​ Elaine Crawley
pt. IV VIOLENCE, RECONCILIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION: DEALING WITH COLLECTIVE EMOTIONS
13.Alienation, Love and Hate as Causes of Collective Violence /​ Thomas J Scheff
14.Dealing with Emotions in Peacemaking /​ John D Brewer
pt. V DEMOCRACY AND PENAL SENTIMENTS
15.Divided Sympathies: David Hume and Contemporary Criminology /​ Richard Sparks
16.The Power and Limits of Populism: An Illustration from Recent Penal Developments in New Zealand /​ John Pratt
17.Playing with Fire? Democracy and the Emotions of Crime and Punishment /​ Ian Loader.

This volume brings together leading criminologists and sociologists from across the world in a conversation about how to re-calibrate reason and emotion in crime and justice today. The contributions range from the micro-analysis of emotions in violent encounters to the paradoxes and tensions that arise from the emotionalisation of criminal justice in the public sphere.

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