CRIMINOLOGY OF LABELING OR CRIMINOLOGY OF PERSONALITY FACTORS - A PROBLEM POSED TO US BY THE CLINICAL APPROACH OF DOCTOR E. DEGREEFF

• NCJ Number: 28270
• Journal: Annales Internationales de Criminologie Volume: 12 Issue: 1-2 Dated: (1973) Pages: 283-290
• Author(s): C DEBUYST
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Societe Internationale de Criminologie
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: French
• Country: France

Annotation

APPROACHES TO OFFENDER TREATMENT USED BY THE BELGIAN CRIMINLOGIST DE GREEFF RESOLVE CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING CRIME CAUSE THEORIES.

Abstract

THE THEORY OF PERSONALITY FACTORS ASSERTS THAT OFFENDER PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS LEAD TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. THE LABELING THEORY ASSERTS THAT SOCIAL LABELING OF THE INDIVIDUAL AS A DEVIANT LEADS TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. --IN FRENCH