STUDY OF CRIMINAL LAW AND SOCIAL NORMS (FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A READER, 1970 BY CARL A BERSANI - SEE NCJ-06248)

• NCJ Number: 10187
• Author(s): R QUINNEY
• Date Published: 1965
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Macmillan
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIMINAL LAW AND SOCIAL NORMS, AND THAT BETWEEN CRIME AND DEVIATION.

Abstract

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CRIMINAL LAW AND OTHER SOCIAL NORMS ARE EXPLAINED IN LIGHT OF THE HETEROGENEITY OF MODERN SOCIETY, THE PARTICULAR PROCESSES THAT OPERATE IN THE FORMULATION OF THE LAW, AND SOCIAL CHANGE. SOME ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR IS DEVIANT ONLY IN THE LEGAL SENSE, AS IT OFTEN CONFORMS TO THE NORMATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE OFFENDER'S SOCIAL GROUP, AND AT TIMES, EVEN THAT OF THE SOCIETY. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE IDEAS ARE DISCUSSED WITH REGARD TO CRIMINOLOGY AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.