- A. FOUND IN ALL SOCIETIES
- B. SOCIETIES BECOME HIGHER FORMS OVER TIME, MORE CIVILIZED CRIME GOES UP
- C. FORMS CHANGE
- D. ABNORMAL FORMS OR RATES
- E. EACH SOCIETY HAS OWN RATE AND TYPES
CRIME IS NORMAL AND INEVITABLE
"...AN INTEGRAL PART OF ALL HEALTHY SOCIETIES"
- A. A SOCIETY WITH OUT CRIME IS IMPOSSIBLE
- OFFENDS COLLECTIVE SENTIMENTS
- SENTIMENTS WOULD HAVE TO EXIST IN ALL PEOPLE TO SAME DEGREE AND INTENSITY
- IF THIS HAPPENED, FORM WOULD MERELY CHANGE
- B. TO BRING STRONG REACTIONS AGAINST CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR WOULD RESULT IN STRONG REACTIONS AGAINST MINOR BEHAVIOR,
IT IS THE SENTIMENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT, NOT THE FORM - C. THINK ABOUT A SOCIETY OF SAINTS
- D. UNIFORMITY OF SENTIMENTS IN PEOPLE NOT POSSIBLE
1. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL MILIEU
2. ORGANISM OCCUPYING OWN SPACE
IDEAL TYPE
DEVIATION FROM THE NORM
Q: WHAT CONFERS CHARACTER OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL?
A: COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE
CRIME IS USEFUL
- A. SOCIAL CHANGE
MORALITY AND LAW HAVE TO CHANGE OR SOCIETY STAGNATES AND DOES NOT PROGRESS (TO STRONG OF COLLECTIVE SENTIMENTS)
TRADITION STANDS IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS (OLD PATTERNS STAND IN THE WAY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PATTERNS)
- INDIRECT CHANGE
INDIVIDUAL ORIGINALITY MUST BE ABLE TO EXPRESS ITSELF
MORAL CONSCIENCENESS MUST NOT BE EXCESSIVE
IDEALIST AND CRIMINAL WILL EXPRESS THEMSELVES, ONE CAN'T OCCUR WITHOUT THE OTHER
- DIRECT CHANGE
SOCRATES;
- INDIRECT CHANGE
- B. CRIMINALS PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN SOCIAL LIFE
CRIMES RATES MUST BE STABLE
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