Society has a responsibility to create and enforce laws that prohibit self destructive behavior and promote a decent moral environment.
Date Submitted: 05/26/2001 21:52:42
Category: / Law & Government / Law Issues
Length: 4 pages (1227 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Law Issues
Length: 4 pages (1227 words)
Necessity of Social Control in terms of Self-Destructive Conduct
According to sociologists, self-destructive conduct is a type of deviant behavior and in many countries such behaviors are banned and defined as crimes. 3.5 million people every year in America are on parole or probation for such conduct (McCaghy, 318). These behaviors are treated as consensual or 'victimless' crimes because the person who participates in such misconduct does not apparently violate somebody else's rights. However, this is not …
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…'victimless' immoral activities should be prohibited by laws since they usually trigger real crimes and form potential dangers for society as can be seen for the ones explained in this essay.
WORKS CITED:
1)McCaghy, Charles H.. Crime in American Society. Macmilan, New York, 1980
2)Rafter, Nicole Hahn. "The Realization of Partial Justice: A Case Study of the Social Control of Women" from Partial Justice.
3)Gardner, Amanda. " Sober Holidays, Safe Holidays" USA Today 23 Dec. 2003, late ed.:F13.
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