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MARKING OF CAIN - SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEFINITION OF DEVIANCE

NCJ Number
26796
Author(s)
T Morris
Date Published
1974
Length
17 pages
Annotation
THE MARKING OF CAIN (THE PROCESS BY WHICH HE WAS STIGMATIZED AND AT THE SAME TIME PROTECTED FROM REVENGE/ DEATH) IS ANALOGOUS TO THE SOCIAL PROCESS OF DELINQUENT 'LABELLING' AND SUBSEQUENT DUE PROCESS PROTECTION.

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