Penality in the underground : the IRA's pursuit of informers /

Using the IRA as a case-study, the book offers a systematic, in-depth, analysis of the effects of the underground response to informers, providing an empirical and theoretical account of the causes, forms, and functions. The book aims to expand the study of punishment and society and demonstrate its...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dudai, Ron (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:	Clarendon studies in criminology.
Subjects:	Irish Republican Army > History > 20th century. Sinn Fein > History > 20th century. Irish Republican Army Sinn Fein Informers > Ireland > History > 20th century. Punishment > Social aspects > Ireland > History > 20th century. Intelligence service > Ireland > History > 20th century. Ireland > History > 20th century. Political violence > Ireland > History. Service des renseignements > Irlande > Histoire > 20e siècle. Irlande > Histoire > 20e siècle. Criminal Law. LAW. Criminal Procedure. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Informers Intelligence service Political violence Punishment > Social aspects Ireland 1900-1999 Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Underground penality : armed groups, informers and the sociology of punishment
The IRA and informers : an overview
Underground penality and legitimation work
Underground penality and state-prefiguration
Underground penality and social control
Transitional penality : informers as post-conflict enemies
Reckoning with punishment : skeletons in the closet
and their uses
Contested governance : informing, the dissident challenge, and the shifting meaning of betrayal
Epilogue : Informing, "informing", and transitional social control.