PROTEST, UNREST AND DELINQUENCY - CONVERGENCES IN LABELS AND BEHAVIOUR (FROM SOCIOLOGY OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY IN BRITAIN, V2 - THE NEW CRIMINOLOGIES, 1976, BY PAUL WILES - SEE NCJ-41955)

• NCJ Number: 41958
• Author(s): S COHEN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Martin Robertson and Co Ltd
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

THIS PAPER SPECULATES ABOUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS RAISED BY THE BLURRING OF BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN ACTION LABELLED PROTEST, UNREST, DISSENT, ON ONE SIDE, AND ON THE OTHER, DELINQUENCY.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR CONCENTRATES SPECIFICALLY ON VIOLENT OR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE BLURRING IS SEEN TO BECOME SHARPEST AND THE CONCEPTUAL AND POLICY PROBLEMS MOST ACUTE. VARIOUS TYPOLOGIES OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, THE SOCIOLOGY OF VIOLENCE, AND THE LABELLING THEORY ARE EXPLORED....MSP