NCJ Number
4530
Journal
ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGY Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Dated: (WINTER 1972) Pages: 59-69
Date Published
1972
Length
11 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT A LEGALISTIC DEFINITION OF CRIME AS BEHAVIOR IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL LAWS DOES NOT NEGATE THE HUMANIST'S CONCERN WITH MORAL AND ETHICAL QUESTIONS.
Abstract
THE SCHWENDINGERS' ARTICLE STATES THAT CRIMINOLOGY MUST BECOME A HUMANISTIC SCIENCE WHICH STUDIES AND DEFINES CRIME AS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT VIOLATES BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THE PRESENT AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT THE HUMANIST'S CONCERN WITH THE MORAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HIS WORK IS NOT PRECLUDED BY A LEGALISTIC DEFINITION OF CRIME. IMPLICIT IN SUCH A STUDY OF CRIME DEFINED BY LAW IS AN EVALUATION OF THE PRACTICE AND GROUNDS OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY.