MARKING OF CAIN - SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEFINITION OF DEVIANCE

• NCJ Number: 26796
• Author(s): T MORRIS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 17 pages
• Sale Source: Mannheim Centre for Criminology
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom
• Note: INAUGURAL LECTURE DELIVERED ON 10 MAY 1973

Annotation

THE MARKING OF CAIN (THE PROCESS BY WHICH HE WAS STIGMATIZED AND AT THE SAME TIME PROTECTED FROM REVENGE/ DEATH) IS ANALOGOUS TO THE SOCIAL PROCESS OF DELINQUENT 'LABELLING' AND SUBSEQUENT DUE PROCESS PROTECTION.