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SOCIAL CONTROL AND THE LEGAL ORDER - LEGITIMATED REPRESSION IN A CAPITALIST STATE

NCJ Number
40079
Journal
Contemporary Crises Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1977) Pages: 77-90
Author(s)
J R HEPBURN
Date Published
1977
Length
14 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR EXPLAINS AND ADVOCATES THE PHILOSOPHICAL POSITION OF CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY, I.E., THE ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF LAW ARE OPPRESSIVE FORCES THAT PROMOTE AND STABILIZE EXISTING CAPITALIST ECONOMIC-CLASS RELATIONS.
Abstract
'GROUNDED IN THE WORK OF MARX, CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY MAINTAINS THAT THE STATE (AND THE LAW) IN CAPITALIST SOCIETY EXISTS TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE LIFE-STYLE AND INTERESTS OF THE OWNERS OF CAPITAL'. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) ...PLO

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