Crime, Shame and Reintegration » (1st Edition)

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.

Preface;

1. Whither criminological theory?;
2. The dominant theoretical traditions: labeling, subcultural, control, opportunity and learning theories;
3. Facts a theory of crime ought to fit;
4. The family model of the criminal process: reintegrative shaming;
5. Why and how does shaming work?;
6. Social conditions conducive to reintegrative shaming;
7. Summary of the theory;
8. Testing the theory;
9. Reintegrative shaming and white collar crime;
10. Shaming and the good society; References; Index.