NCJ Number
20216
Date Published
1973
Length
252 pages
Annotation
SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE QUANTITATIVE AND STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF DEVIANCE AND CRIMINALITY IN A SETTING OF RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE BASED ON A STUDY OF SPAIN DURING THE YEARS 1960-1970.
Abstract
THE THEORY OF ANOMIE ELABORATED BY DURKHEIM AND MERTON IS USED TO EXPLAIN SOME ASPECTS OF DEVIANCE AND CRIMINALITY WITHIN THE RURAL-URBAN DICHOTOMY, THE PREVALENCE OF SUICIDE IN THE RURAL SETTING, AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CRIMINALITY LINKED WITH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL MIGRATIONS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS DEVOTED TO THE ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN FORMS OF 'RETREATIST' BEHAVIOR, SUCH AS DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOLISM, AND VAGRANCY. THE EVOLUTION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AS MANIFESTED IN BOTH THE URBAN AND RURAL SETTING IS EXAMINED IN RELATION TO AGE, SEX, SOCIAL CLASS, AND CRIME OPPORTUNITIES. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND POWER STRUCTURES ARE ALSO CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOCIAL PERCEPTION AND LABELING OF PARTICULAR FORMS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR, E.G., WHITE COLLAR CRIME. MECHANISMS OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL CONTROL ARE EVALUATED IN RELATION TO THEIR CONFORMITY WITH THE REQUISITES OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND ITS UNDERLYING VALUES. --IN SPANISH