SOCIAL CONTROL AND THE LEGAL ORDER - LEGITIMATED REPRESSION IN A CAPITALIST STATE

• NCJ Number: 40079
• Journal: Contemporary Crises Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1977) Pages: 77-90
• Author(s): J R HEPBURN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Elsevier
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: Netherlands
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Annotation

THE AUTHOR EXPLAINS AND ADVOCATES THE PHILOSOPHICAL POSITION OF CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY, I.E., THE ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF LAW ARE OPPRESSIVE FORCES THAT PROMOTE AND STABILIZE EXISTING CAPITALIST ECONOMIC-CLASS RELATIONS.

Abstract

'GROUNDED IN THE WORK OF MARX, CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY MAINTAINS THAT THE STATE (AND THE LAW) IN CAPITALIST SOCIETY EXISTS TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE LIFE-STYLE AND INTERESTS OF THE OWNERS OF CAPITAL'. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) ...PLO