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Dudai's empirical work in this virtually unstudied area is breathtaking, and his theoretical exploration of the practice of informant killing upends our understanding of punishment and society. * Jonathan Simon, University of California, Berkeley * There are few topics as complex and sensitive as the role of informers in political conflict and how armed groups respond to their activities. Using the IRA as a case-study, Ron Dudai has produced an outstanding study which does justice to that complexity and more. Drawing variously from criminology, sociology, law, anthropology, history and other fields - this is what proper interdisciplinary scholarship looks like. It is an intellectual tour de force and a joy to read. We would all like to write a book as good as this once in our lives. It will come to be seen as a classic. * Kieran McEvoy, Queen's University Belfast * This original theoretical and empirical account focuses on the IRA's response to informers. Dudai draws to good effect on a wide historical, political and cultural context, within which he situates his rigorous analysis, but his most important intellectual contribution is to the sociology of punishment. Dudai writes beautifully with clear and elegant prose and his book deserves to be read by audiences in a wide range of fields. * Carolyn Hoyle, Oxford University *

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Ron Dudai is a senior lecturer at the department of sociology & anthropology, Ben Gurion University, Israel. His work has been published in leading journals including British Journal of Sociology, British Journal of Criminology, Law & Social Inquiry, and Punishment & Society. He was, among others, a member of the Martin Buber Society of Fellows at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and visiting scholar at the Mitchell Institute, Queen's University Belfast. He was awarded the Brian Williams Prize by the British Society of Criminology, and served as co-editor of the Journal of Human Rights Practice.

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