NON-VICTIM CRIME - SOME POLICE PERSPECTIVES (FROM POLICE ROLES IN THE SEVENTIES - PROFESSIONALIZATION IN AMERICA, 1975 BY JACK KINTON - SEE NCJ-31601)

• NCJ Number: 31610
• Author(s): W H Hewitt
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 20 pages
• Corporate Author: Social Science and Sociological Resources
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE AUTHOR CRITICIZES THE USE OF POLICE RESOURCES IN COMBATING VICTIMLESS CRIMES - DRUNKENNESS, NARCOTIC ADDICTION, GAMBLING, AND TRADITIONALLY UNACCEPTABLE SEXUAL CONDUCT.

Abstract

IT IS SUGGESTED THAT OVEREXTENSION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW BE AVOIDED AND THAT SPECIFIC REGULATORY PROGRAMS BE INSTITUTED.