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100 1  Cooney, Mark,|d1955- 
245 10 Is killing wrong? :|ba study in pure sociology /|cMark 
       Cooney. 
264  1 Charlottesville :|bUniversity of Virginia Press,|c2009. 
300    1 online resource (xii, 254 pages). 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Studies in pure sociology 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Preface -- 1: Morality of homicide -- 2: Pure sociology --
       3: Vertical dimension -- 4: Organizational dimension -- 5:
       Radial dimension -- 6: Normative dimension -- 7: Cultural 
       dimension -- 8: Relational dimension -- Conclusion -- 
       Notes -- References -- Index. 
520    From the Publisher: "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 person's intent, or
       even to individuals as such. Instead, pure sociology 
       explains behavior in terms of its social geometry-its 
       location and direction in a multidimensional social space.
       Is Killing Wrong? Provides the most comprehensive 
       assessment of pure sociology yet attempted. Drawing on 
       data from well over one hundred societies, including the 
       modern day United States, it represents the most thorough 
       account yet of case-level social control, or the response 
       to conduct defined as wrong. In doing so, it demonstrates 
       that the law and morality of homicide are neither 
       universal nor relative but geometrical, as predicted by 
       Black's theory. 
588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Murder. 
650  0 Homicide. 
650  0 Criminal psychology. 
650  0 Criminal justice, Administration of. 
650  7 TRUE CRIME|xMurder|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 
650  7 SOCIAL SCIENCE|xSociology|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Criminal justice, Administration of.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00883246 
650  7 Criminal psychology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00883467 
650  7 Homicide.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00959660 
650  7 Murder.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01029781 
650 07 Tötung.|2swd 
650 07 Kriminalsoziologie.|2swd 
650 07 Relativismus.|2swd 
650 07 Rechtssoziologie.|2swd 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aCooney, Mark, 1955-|tIs killing wrong?
       |dCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009
       |z9780813928265|w(DLC)  2009001837|w(OCoLC)300030425 
830  0 Studies in pure sociology. 
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