NCJ Number
11600
Date Published
1973
Length
381 pages
Annotation
COLLECTED ARTICLES EMPHASIZE DEVIANCE AND CRIMINALITY AS FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, VALUE, AND POWER CONFLICTS AMONG INTEREST GROUPS IN SOCIETY.
Abstract
PART ONE DISCUSSES THE THEORIES AND ISSUES OF VARIOUS STRUCTURAL APPROACHES TO DEFINING DEVIANCE, WHERE DEVIANCE IS VIEWED AS A MANIFESTATION OF THE CONFLICT RESULTING FROM ECONOMIC, POLITICAL OR VALUE IMBALANCE. IN PART TWO, THE EXISTENCE OF CRIME IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE EXISTENCE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AMONG VARIOUS SOCIETAL (OR INTEREST) GROUPS. PART THREE DISCUSSES THE EMERGENCE OF NONCONFORMITY AS A PROBLEM OF CONFLICT BY EXAMINING EXAMPLES SUCH AS ORGANIZED CRIME AND SEXUAL DEVIANCE. IN PART FOUR THE ARTICLES EXAMINE HOW INTEREST GROUP CONFLICT AFFECTS ALL LEVELS OF THE CRIMINALIZATION PROCESS, AN EXAMPLE BEING THE USE OF POLICE DISCRETION. IN PART FIVE, THE MEANS OF REDUCING CONFLICT THROUGH PROMOTING INTEREST GROUP PARTICIPATION AND CONSENSUS ARE CONSIDERED.