NCJ Number
107146
Editor(s)
T Fleming,
L A Visano
Date Published
1983
Length
493 pages
Annotation
Twenty-two papers examine community reactions to crime, issues in creating deviant designations and controlling the careers of those deemed deviant or criminal, the criminal justice system's response to deviants, and emerging theoretical concerns in the fields represented.
Abstract
Six papers on community reactions to crime examine the interplay between political change and crime evidenced in the state's handling of two strikes in British Columbia, the 1981 Toronto gay steambath raids, the social control of minority groups, a social profile of sexual mass murderers, and deviance and labeling theory. Seven papers on issues in deviant designations consider the presentation of the mentally disordered in the British press, a case study of lesbian-feminist protest, the social control of street transients, theft as an occupation, burglary displacement due to target hardening, and community transformation and deviance. Five papers consider how communities respond to the legitimacy of deviancy labels by examining the social control of juveniles, police perceptions of deviancy, social control in Canadian prisons, and the growth of punishment. The concluding section of four papers reviews Black's theory of law, deterrence theory, rank and order in criminological research, and teaching applied criminology in Canada. Chapter notes and references.