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Social Risks Limitations to Criminal Justice Control

NCJ Number
143927
Journal
Derecho Penal y Criminologia Volume: 14 Issue: 46 Dated: (January/April 1992) Pages: 13-23
Author(s)
F Herzog
Date Published
1992
Length
11 pages
Annotation
This article reviews the impact of environmental and economic social risks on the control of crime by the criminal justice system.
Abstract
Based on Gunther Teubner's 1984 "trilemma regulation," discussion is centered on the impact of social effects upon crime which may result in social and legal indifference and social disintegration via the law and unrealistic expectations by society. These effects are discussed in conjunction with W. Naucke's 1987 internal politicalization of Penal Law and W. Stangl's 1985 value of political change in Penal Law. Social risks cause reaction in the criminal justice system when these risks result in crisis or catastrophe. Penal law then reacts to demonstrate that it is aware of the problem by entering the political debate. 14 references

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