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Coercion to virtue : a sociological discussion of the enforcement of morals / by Jerome H. Skolnick.
- Title
- Coercion to virtue : a sociological discussion of the enforcement of morals / by Jerome H. Skolnick.
- Author
- Skolnick, Jerome H.
- Publication
- Washington : President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, 1967.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | US 986.5 SKO | Off-site | |
| Text | Request in advance | Soc 3090.217.150 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- University of California, Berkeley. Center for the Study of Law and Society.
- Description
- 80 p.; 28 cm.
- Summary
- The state's use of morality and moral judgments to enforce law based upon such values is examined and research difficulties into such usages are discussed. The relationship between morality and the law is examined, with special emphasis on enforcement theories. A distinction between society and the state is made in light of such theories. The objectives of research conducted by traditional government organizations and assumptions are criticized. The thesis is advanced that various life styles of society be permitted without imposition of restraints on those who do not conform and do not injure others in their nonconformity. (Reprinted from Southern California Law Review, vol. 41, no. 3, 1968).
- Subject
- Note
- Cover title.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Coercion to virtue : a sociological discussion of the enforcement of morals -- Morals and positive law -- State and society -- The rationale for criminal law as an instrument of moral control -- I. "Effects" and "cure" -- II. Societal consensus and morals legislation -- IV. The theory of enforcement -- Notes.
- OCLC
- 6750865
- SCSB-10439975
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library