ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Victimless Crime, Interdisciplinarity, Labeling Theory
23 Jun 2020
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Victimless crimes are defined as voluntary exchanges of a commodity or personal service that is socially disapproved of and legally proscribed (1965). These exchanges rarely, if ever, cause harm to the parties and no one is victimized. Laws that create these victimless crimes dysfunctional, as they punish people who have victimized no one, as each party involved in the crimeis a willing participant (1965: Argued that society could conserve wasted resources and money by decriminalizing these laws (1965). (schur 1974). Theories are intended to help to understand and then to think about prevention, intervention and response. Theories are strongly linked to the operation of the justice system. Theories develop iteratively and no one answers all. Social theories, psychological and biological theories are a positive reflection of the multi disciplinary approach that is ultimately expressed through integrated theory. The role of police in our society.
