NCJ Number
11413
Date Published
1969
Length
0 pages
Annotation
ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN RELATION TO PARTICULAR FORMS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AND OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LEGAL PROCESSES AND SOCIAL CONFLICTS.
Abstract
AFTER FORMULATING A DEFINITION OF CRIME, THE AUTHOR DEALS WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CRIME AND THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE MARRIAGE, THE FAMILY, ALCOHOLISM, AND MILITARISM. SECTION TWO PRESENTS INFORMATION ON ECONOMIC CRIMES, SUCH AS VAGRANCY, THEFT, ROBBERY, AND FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY. SECTION THREE DEALS WITH THE SEXUAL CRIMES OF ADULTERY, RAPE, AND INDECENT ASSAULT. THE FINAL THREE SECTIONS COVER POLITICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CRIMES AND THOSE MOTIVATED BY VENGEANCE.