This is the first detailed criminological account of the role of blame in which the authors present a novel study of the legal process of blame attribution, set

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence We live in a society that is increasingly preoccupied with allocating blame: when something goes wrong someone m

Reveals the mechanisms involved in the creation of scapegoats in organizations.

This book highlights the significance of René Girard's work for key criminological debates to provide new perspectives. Girard explores the causes of violence