Social Inequality and Crime Control
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Social Inequality , Crime , and Deviance
This chapter examines the role of social inequality in crime and deviance by specifying a social psychological theory of the causal mechanisms by which inequality is associated with crime. We begin by noting that the powerful have more input into the content of criminal law, a point illustrated by the relatively soft penalties for white collar and corporate crimes compared to the harsh penaltie...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-)
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0091-4169
DOI: 10.2307/1143518