NCJ Number
19170
Editor(s)
L RAINWATER
Date Published
1974
Length
445 pages
Annotation
THIS COLLECTION OF 39 ARTICLES EXAMINES THE PROBLEMS OF DEVIANCY IN RELATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S DETERMINATION OF HIS OWN BEST INTEREST, FREE FROM ARBITRARY INTERFERENCE BY THE STATE, AND TO HIS SECURITY TO EXERCISE IT.
Abstract
TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE MODERN PERSPECTIVES ON DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS, DEVIANT EXCHANGES (VICTIMLESS CRIMES), AND DEVIANT PERSONAL CONTROL. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE PEOPLE DEFINED AS DEVIANT BECAUSE OF SOME CHARACTERISTIC OF THE WAY THEY LIVE RATHER THAN BECAUSE THEY VIOLATE A PARTICULAR NORM, AND THE RELATIVE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PARTICULAR (INSTITUTIONAL) WAYS OF ENFORCING NORMS. AN INDEX IS PROVIDED.