CRIME, RAPE AND GIN - REFLECTIONS ON CONTEMPORARY ATTITUDES TO VIOLENCE, PORNOGRAPHY AND ADDICTION

• NCJ Number: 26793
• Author(s): B CRICK
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 96 pages
• Sale Source: Elek Book Ltd
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

THE AUTHOR APPEALS FOR MORE STRIDENT PERSUASION AND SOCIAL PRESSURE, AND LESS LITIGATION AND FORMAL CONTROL IN ENFORCING STANDARDS OF MORALITY.

Abstract

IT IS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIETY TO SET STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR. VIOLENCE, PORNOGRAPHY, AND DRUG ABUSE DO NOT NOW PRESENT A THREAT TO THE SOCIAL ORDER, SO THAT DAMAGING OVER-REACTION IS NOT JUSTIFIED.