Victimless deviance: toward a classification of opposition justifications

Attitudes toward victimless deviance, predominantly drug use and various sexual behaviors, are explored using data from forty-nine semi-structured in-depth interviews with participants from various social and cultural backgrounds. The central question addressed is why people oppose these behaviors....

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Main Author: Stylianou, Stelios (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2010
In: Western criminology review
Year: 2010, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 43-56
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Sexuelle Abweichungen
Drogenkonsum
Selbstverletzung
Bewertung
Rechtfertigung
Moral
Crime seriousness
victimless deviance
Drug use
Sexual deviance
Libertarianism
Paternalism
Moralism
harm to others
harm to self
harmless wrongdoing