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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Joshua Long , Jason VukovichPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.720kg ISBN: 9781032494432ISBN 10: 1032494433 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 21 July 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction Chapter 1: Ted Got What He Deserved Chapter 2: Sowing the Wind Chapter 3: The Hunt Chapter 4: Contempt for Court Chapter 5: Moral Murder Chapter 6: Charles Bronson Bad Chapter 7: Convict Justice Chapter 8: Maxima Culpa Chapter 9: A Bomb Built in Hell: The Criminology of Vigilantism Chapter 10: Avenging Angel Concluding Thoughts: Justice or Revenge? Appendix A: The Interrogation of Steven D. Sandison Appendix B: Mad Doctors by Jason Vukovich Appendix C: Distillation of the ""Moral Vigilante"" by Jason Vukovich Appendix D: Letter to the Students by Jason Vukovich Index"ReviewsTheoretically informed and rich in diverse data sources, Avenging Child Sex Abuse captures the poignant tension between the desire to make victimizers suffer and the dangers of vigilantes seeking to exact justice. Based on extensive research-including first-hand accounts by avengers-Joshua Long illuminates the inner life of those who take matters into their own hands and the challenges that emerge in processing abusers in the criminal justice system. More generally, this volume forces us to think more closely about the meaning of justice and why vigilantism seems, at once, understandable and disquieting. A compelling story is told and new avenues for criminological inquiry are created-all of which makes this an important contribution. Francis T. Cullen. Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus. University of Cincinnati In the long-running debates about what constitutes justice or even whether we should care about justice, it is easy for people to want to simplify these emotionally charged issues into black-and-white. But if the thinking and research of the last several decades has taught us anything, it is that people's intuitions of justice are nuanced and sophisticated. Joshua Long's new book, Avenging Child Sex Abuse, provides an extremely interesting and unique contribution to the debates, illustrating how complex justice calculations in the real world can be - and how desperately important doing justice can be to ordinary people. Paul H. Robinson. Colin S. Diver Professor of Law. University of Pennsylvania Law School Author Information"Joshua Long is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, where he studies prison violence and rehabilitation programs. He has extensive experience interviewing prisoners across the United States and believes that letting prisoners tell their own stories is the best way to learn about life behind the walls. Jason Vukovich is currently incarcerated in Alaska and, for the first time, has decided to share his complete story with the public. He writes about his own journey from a survivor of child abuse to vigilante to philosopher. He understands the vigilante mindset better than anyone, and he has one message for his supporters ""you are well advised to never walk my trail…""" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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