Overview
Interrogates the nature of responsibility and how people act within groups
Questions differing levels of culpability when people are engaged in a criminal act
Appeals to a wide range of scholars within the Social Sciences: criminologists, sociologists and practitioners
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Technical and Analytical Considerations
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Legal Considerations
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Reality and Sociology
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Reviews
“Criminal Actions and Social Situations provides a powerfully insightful exploration of individual responsibility and the situational context from which these behaviors are performed. However, rather than view the individual and the social as discrete philosophical categories, Amatrudo explores the ways in which individual responsibility is reflected in group behavior and how group behavior implicates the individual in its actions. This is a must read.” (David Polizzi, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Indiana State University, USA)
“In this book Amatrudo takes the analytical scalpel to the criminological discourse on collective action, intentionality and culpability. This is no mean feat and the book therefore deserves to be read widely.” (Ronnie Lippens, Keele University, UK)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Criminal Actions and Social Situations
Book Subtitle: Understanding the Role of Structure and Intentionality
Authors: Anthony Amatrudo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45731-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-45730-1Published: 07 February 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-45731-8Published: 24 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 196
Topics: Crime and Society, Criminological Theory, Criminal Behavior, Critical Criminology, Criminal Justice