Scapegoat (disambiguation)

A scapegoat is a person unfairly blamed for some misfortune, or an actual goat Azazel used in a Jewish ritual.

The act of scapegoating is a recent coinage for the practice of singling out a party as a scapegoat, i.e. for unmerited negative treatment or blame.

Scapegoat or The Scapegoat may also refer to:

Technology

• an alternate NATO reporting name for the RT-15 (SS-14) Soviet ballistic missile
• Scapegoat tree, a binary search tree used in computer science

Geography

• Scapegoat Wilderness, a Wilderness Area in Montana
  • Scapegoat Mountain, a mountain in the Scapegoat Wilderness
• Scapegoat Hill, a small village in Yorkshire, England

Art

• The Scapegoat (painting), by William Holman Hunt

Books

• The Scapegoat, translated work by Arvid Paulson from August Strindberg's Syndabocken
• "The Scapegoat", a study of collective violence by René Girard
• The Scapegoat (Daphne du Maurier), a novel by Daphne du Maurier
• Scapegoat, an investigation into the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann
• Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel, and Women's Liberation, a 2000 book by Andrea Dworkin
• "The Scapegoat" (C. J. Cherryh novel), by science fiction writer C. J. Cherryh
• The Scapegoat, a novel by Hall Caine

Film TV and drama

• The Scapegoat (1959 film), a 1959 adaptation of the du Maurier novel, starring Alec Guinness and Bette Davis
• Günah Keçisi, The Scapegoat (2011 film), a Turkish film
• The Scapegoat (2012 film), a British film, remake of the du Maurier novel
• The Scapegoat (audio drama), a Doctor Who audio drama The Scapegoat (Doctor Who audio)
• The Scapegoat, a 1914 short film starring Tom Mix
• The Scapegoat (1912 film), directed by Otis B. Thayer

Music

• Scapegoat Wax, a hip hop/rap/breakbeat band
• Scapegoat (band), a rock group based in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Scapegoat, a 2008 album by Josh Abbott Band

Songs

• Scapegoat (D'banj song), 2010
• "Scapegoat", a song by Sevendust from the album Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow
• "Scapegoat", a song by Atmosphere from the EP Overcast!
• "Scapegoat", a song by Guano Apes from the album Proud Like a God
• "Scapegoat", a song by Chumbawamba from the album Tubthumper
• "Scapegoat", a song by Balzac from the video Curious Lore and Evil Legend
• "Scapegoat", a song by Fear Factory from the album Soul of a New Machine
• "Scapegoat", a song by Fad Gadget from the album Under the Flag
• "Scapegoat", a song by Love and Money
• "Scapegoat", a song by Downthesun

Other

• Scapegoat Publishers, a book publisher