NCJ Number
12673
Editor(s)
S F SYLVESTER,
E SAGARIN
Date Published
1974
Length
164 pages
Annotation
A SELECTION OF 15 PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SECOND INTERAMERICAN CONGRESS OF CRIMINOLOGY HELD IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA, IN NOVEMBER 1972.
Abstract
TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THE DISCRETIONARY ENFORCEMENT OF LAW, AN ANALYSIS OF INTEREST GROUP CONFLICT, THE TREND TOWARD DECRIMINALIZATION, DECRIMINALIZATION OF THE PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS OFFENSE, AND VICTIMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN AND MINORS. REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES.