SOCIETAL TASKS OF THE SYSTEM OF PENAL LAW (FROM SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES IN CRIMINOLOGY, V 5, 1974 BY NILS CHRISTIE - SEE NCJ-26769)

• NCJ Number: 26773
• Author(s): K MAKELA
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: Netherlands Ministerie Van Justitie
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: Norway
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Annotation

DISCUSSION OF FUNCTIONALIST AND MARXIST APPROACHES TO CRIMINALITY AND PENAL LAW.

Abstract

TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE CRIME AND SOCIETY, FUNCTIONS OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL POLICY, THE STATE AND THE PENAL SYSTEM, THE GOALS OF CRIMINAL POLICY, AND POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL TASKS OF THE PENAL SYSTEM. CONCLUSIONS INCLUDE THAT ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES IS CRIME OF BENEFIT TO A GIVEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THAT TRADITIONAL PENAL LAW CAN EXERCISE IMMEDIATE REPRESSIVE FUNCTIONS IN SITUATIONS OF SOCIAL CONFLICT.