NCJ Number
52482
Editor(s)
M D KROHN,
R L AKERS
Date Published
1978
Length
160 pages
Annotation
THIS COMPILATION OF PAPERS DEALS WITH GENERAL THEORETICAL ISSUES IN CRIMINAL LAW AND SANCTIONS, CRIMINAL AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR THEORIES, AND LEGAL AND SOCIAL SANCTIONS.
Abstract
THE NINE PAPERS ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING: (1) DIALECTICAL CRIMINOLOGY; (2) SOCIAL ORIGINS OF SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW; (3) LABELING ON CONTEXT (CONFLICT, POWER, AND SELF-DEFINITION); (4) REFERENT OTHERS AND DEVIANCE CAUSATION AS A NEGLECTED DIMENSION IN LABELING RESEARCH; (5) COMPLIANCE THEORY, CONTROL THEORY, AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; (6) THE RELATION BETWEEN SOCIAL LEARNING AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; (7) THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF CRIME SITE SELECTION; (8) THE SOCIAL MEANING OF SANCTIONS; AND (9) CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTS, CORPORATE CRIME, AND DETERRENCE. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE DIALECTIC APPROACH AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO BOTH CLASSICISM AND POSITIVISM IN CRIMINOLOGY, THE ABILITY OF COMPLIANCE AND CONTROL THEORIES TO PREDICT DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR, SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY IN CRIME CAUSATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME, AND THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL SANCTIONS ON OFFENDERS AND BEHAVIOR. REFERENCES ARE CITED AT THE END OF EACH PAPER, AND SUPPORTING DATA ARE PROVIDED. (DEP)