Truth, Intentionality and Evidence: Anthropological Approaches to Crime 9781317238942

This book provides an anthropological exploration of the ways in which crime is perceived and defined, focusing on notio

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English Year 2017

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of figures
List of contributors
Foreword
Introduction: crime: truth, intentionality and evidence
1 Questioning the truth: ideals of justice and trial techniques in India
2 Evidence, certainty, and doubt: judge’s knowledge in Iranian criminal sanctioning
3 The (ir)relevance of self-avowals in the interpretation of criminal evidence
4 On intentionality in Mafia crimes
5 Crime, intentionality and blood money in Algeria and Sudan
6 “To lose oneself while acting”: crime and forgiveness in the Mixe highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico
7 Translating evidentiary practices and technologies of truth finding: oath taking as witness testimony in plural legal configurations in rural Morocco
8 A faded narrative: reconstruction and restitution in medico-legal expertise in India
9 Technologies of truth and access to justice: becoming an apartheid victim in contemporary South Africa
Index

Truth, Intentionality and Evidence: Anthropological Approaches to Crime
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