Truth, intentionality and evidence : anthropological approaches to crime / edited by Yazid Ben Hounet and Deborah Puccio-Den.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ben Hounet, Yazid, editor.

Puccio-Den, Deborah, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in anthropology ; 41.

Routledge studies in anthropology ; 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal anthropology.

Crime--Sociological aspects.

Crime.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages).

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book provides an anthropological exploration of the ways in which crime is perceived and defined, focusing on notions of truth, intentionality, and evidence. The chapters contain rich ethnographic case studies drawn from work in the Middle East, Africa, India, Mexico and Europe. A variety of instances are discussed, from court proceedings, police reports and newspapers to moments of conflict resolution and reconciliation. Through analysis of this material, the authors reflect on how perception of an act as a crime can differ and how the definition of crime may not be shared by all societies. The approach takes into consideration local standards as well as social, legal and contextual constraints.

Contents:

1. Questioning the truth : ideals of justice and trial techniques in India / Daniela Berti and Gilles Tarabout

2. Evidence, certainty, and doubt : judge's knowledge in Iranian criminal sanctioning / Arzoo Osanloo

3. The (ir)relevance of self-avowels in the interpretation of criminal evidence / Zouhair Ghazzai

4. On intentionality in Mafia crimes / Deborah Puccio-Den

5. Crime, intentionality and blood money in Algeria and Sudan / Yazid Ben Hounet

6. "To lose oneself while acting" : crime and forgiveness in the Mixe highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico / Perig Pitrou

7. Translating evidentiary practices and techniques of truth finding : oath taking as witness testimony in plural legal configurations in rural Morocco / Bertram Turner

8. A faded narrative : reconstruction and restitution in medico-legal expertise in India / Fabien Provost

9. Technologies of truth and access to justice : becoming an apartheid victim in contemporary South Africa / Liliane Umubyeyi.

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Print version: Truth, intentionality and evidence. Anthropological approaches to crime.

ISBN:

9781317238959

1317238958

9781317238942

131723894X

OCLC:

979992380

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