CONTINUING DEBATE ON THE LEGALISTIC APPROACH TO THE DEFINITION OF CRIME

• NCJ Number: 4531
• Journal: ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGY Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Dated: (WINTER 1972) Pages: 70-81
• Author(s): H Schwendinger; J Schwendinger
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: University of California, Berkeley
• Publication Format: Article

Annotation

REPLY TO A CRITIQUE AND FURTHER EXPLICATION OF THE VIEW THAT THE PROPER FOCUS OF CRIMINOLOGY OUGHT TO BE ATTACKS ON BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, NOT MERELY VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW.

Abstract

A LEGALISTIC DEFINITION OF CRIME IS BEHAVIOR IN VIOLATION TO THE DEFINITION AND STUDY OF CRIME. IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING BEYOND THE LEGALISTIC DEFINITION, THE SHALLOWNESS OF ITS ETHICAL AND ANALYTIC JUSTIFICATION WILL BE DISCOVERED.