NCJ Number
12101
Date Published
1973
Length
219 pages
Annotation
ESSAYS ON THE POLITICAL NATURE OF SOCIAL CONTROL EMPHASIZING HOW LAWS, REGULATIONS, CUSTOMS AND REPRESSION SHAPE WHAT IS CALLED 'CRIMINALITY' AND 'DEVIANCE.'
Abstract
THE EDITOR NOTES THAT THE CONCEPT AND REALITY OF CRIME ARE CREATED THROUGH POLITICAL ACTION BY THOSE GROUPS AND INSTITUTIONS WHICH POSSESS THE POWER TO ENFORCE THEIR WILL. THE WRITERS IN THIS VOLUME IDENTIFY THE QUESTION OF RULES AND THEIR ENFORCEABILITY AS POLITICAL AND GO ON TO EXAMINE WHY PARTICULAR KINDS OF POLITICALLY ENFORCEABLE RULES ARISE IN VARIOUS PERIODS AND CULTURES WITH RESPECT TO PARTICULAR BEHAVIORS. AMONG THE TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE CORPORATE CRIME IN THE U.S., JUVENILE GANSTERS IN A GLASGOW HOUSING PROJECT, AND THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CAMPUS AND POLITICAL ACTIVISTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)