Scapegoats Transferring Blame Author:Tom Douglas In Scapegoats, Tom Douglas examines the process of scapegoating from all perspectives, tracing its development from earliest times as rite of atonement to the modern forms of the avoidance of blame and the victimization of innocents. The theories and explanations which social scientists have evolved to define scapegoating as a form of social beh... more »avior are examined and the processes of its management and resolution are covered in detail. Douglas analyzes the distinction between the "rational"--deliberate and intentional victimization--and the "irrational"--response to frustration of unknown or wrongly attributed causes--forms of scapegoating in detail.« less