Defenders of Order or Guardians of Human Rights?

The article discusses a review of some complex issues involved in a 30 year-old controversy on the definition of crime. Topics discussed include 2 developments that stimulated the issue raised during the Great Depression such as the rapid growth of a corporate liberal empiricism and the socially cri...

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Published in:Social Justice Vol. 40; no. 1/2; pp. 87 - 118
Main Authors: Schwendinger, Herman, Schwendinger, Julia
Format: Article
Published: Social Justice 2013
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          Assistant Professor, University f Nevada, Las Vegas
          University of South Florida, Department of Criminology, Tampa
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        Crime & ethics
        Great Depression, 1929-1939
        White collar crimes
        Commercial crimes
        Criminal sociology
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