Is Killing Wrong? A Study in Pure Sociology (Studies in Pure Sociology)

Name: Is Killing Wrong? A Study in Pure Sociology (Studies in Pure Sociology)
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ISBN: 9780813933047

ISBN-10: 0813933048

ISBN-13: 9780813933047

Edition: 2009

Authors: Mark Cooney, Donald Black

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"Thou shalt not kill" is arguably the most basic moral and legal principle in any society. Yet while some killers are pilloried and punished, others are absolved and acquitted, and still others are lauded and lionized. Why? The traditional answer is that how killers are treated depends on the nature of their killing, whether it was aggressive or defensive, intentional or accidental. But those factors cannot explain the enormous variation in legal officials' and citizens' responses to real-life homicides. Cooney argues that a radically new style of thought -- pure sociology -- can. Conceived by the sociologist Donald Black, pure sociology makes no reference to psychology, to any single…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication date: 3/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Georgia, Mark Cooney holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Virginia and an S.J.D. from Harvard Law School.