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volumes 24 cm Includes bibliographical references v. 1. The criminal in society.--v.2. The criminal in the arms of the law.--v. 3. The criminal in confinement Volume 1. The criminal in society. PART I. DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AND CRIMINAL SANCTIONS. Evolving norms of deviancy. The outsiders / Howard S. Becker -- stigma and social identity / Erving Goffman -- Deviance and social control / Edwin M. Lemert -- The relative nature of deviance / Leslie T. Wilkins -- The blurred edge of criminal law. Our approach to the problem / Report of the committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution -- Towards a pragmatic position / Leon Radzinowicz -- Deviance and public policy / Edwin M. Schur -- Overcriminalization / Sanford H. Kadish -- Morals offenses and the model penal code / Louis B. Schwartz -- Drugs and social policy / Isidor Chein, Donald L. Gerard, Robert L. Packer -- The use of criminal sanctions in the enforcement of economic legislation : a sociological view / Harry V. Ball, Lawrence M. Friedman -- PART II. THE EXTENT AND MEASUREMENT OF CRIME. The significance of records of crime / Thorsten Sellin -- Why criminal statistics? / Marvin E. Wolfgang -- Uniform Crime Reports, 1968 / U.S. De

Author
Leon Radzinowicz and Marvin E. Wolfgang
Publisher
Basic Books Inc.,U.S.
Published
1971
Language
EN
ISBN
9780465014682
Subjects
Social Science, Social_sciences

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