TY  - BOOK
AU  - Waters,Tony
TI  - When Killing Is a Crime
SN  - 9781685853709
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Boulder : 
PB  - Lynne Rienner Publishers, 
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; CHAPTER 1 The Criminalization of Killing --; CHAPTER 2 The Invention of Murder: Killing and the Law --; CHAPTER 3 The Ecology of Violence: From Hurt Feelings to Fatal Blows --; CHAPTER 4 Societies Respond to Killers: The Need for Catharsis and Outrage --; CHAPTER 5 When the State Kills: Execution, War, and Genocide --; CHAPTER 6 Understanding the Sociology of Killing --; APPENDIX 1 The Statistics of Killing --; APPENDIX 2 Laws and Norms About Murder --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access
N2  - Taking another person's life is the crime for which every society reserves the strongest of punishments. But why (and when) is the act of killing sometimes defined as murder--as inexcusable--and other times considered a justifiable, or even righteous, act? Grappling with this ambiguity, Tony Waters sheds light on the sociology of murder. This innovative text draws on wide-ranging case studies of killing--from urban gangs in Washington, DC to the Salem witchcraft trials, from the "Wild West" to blood feuds in modern Albania, from dueling gentlemen to government-orchestrated mass executions to illustrate the process of criminalization. Along the way, it looks at both the microsociological level of the violent act itself and the macro level of society's reaction. When Killing Is a Crime will leave students with a clear understanding of how differences in culture, status, power, technology, and legal systems pattern violence and murder
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685853709
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685853709
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685853709/original
ER  -