STATUTES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THE JUDICIAL PROCESS (FROM SEXUAL BEHAVIORS - SOCIAL, CLINICAL, AND LEGAL ASPECTS, 1972 BY H L P RESNIK AND MARVIN E WOLFANG - SEE NCJ-32113)

• NCJ Number: 32114
• Author(s): J ROBITSCHER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 20 pages
• Corporate Author: Little, Brown and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE EFFECTIVENESS, PROPRIETY, AND REFORM OF STATUTES DEALING WITH SEXUAL OFFENSES ARE DISCUSSED.

Abstract

SOCIAL MORES DO NOT NECESSARILY MANDATE STATUTE CHANGES, STATES THE AUTHOR: THE CHANGES COME ABOUT THROUGH SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. THE PROBLEMS INHERENT IN SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT ARE DISCUSSED IN THE LIGHT OF OTHER SETS OF PROBLEMS THAT ARISE WHEN LAWS ARE PARTIALLY MODIFIED AND WHEN A 'TREATMENT MODEL' IS THE PREVALENT PHILOSOPHY.