Reactions to flag desecration in American society: Exploring the contours of formal and informal social control

Although flag burnings today rarely draw the amount of attention they received in the late 1980s, efforts to protect the flag have persisted for nearly a decade. Accordingly, the flag protection campaign has captured the interest of intellectuals from various academic backgrounds, including politica...

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VerfasserInnen: Welch, Michael (VerfasserIn) ; Bryan, Jennifer L. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1998
In: American journal of criminal justice
Jahr: 1998, Band: 22, Heft: 2, Seiten: 151-168
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Informal Measure
Constitutional Amendment
Informal Social Control
Social Control
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Zusammenfassung:Although flag burnings today rarely draw the amount of attention they received in the late 1980s, efforts to protect the flag have persisted for nearly a decade. Accordingly, the flag protection campaign has captured the interest of intellectuals from various academic backgrounds, including political scientists, egal scholars, and journalists. Conspicuously absent from the literature on flag desecration, however, are sociologists and criminologists. Combining historical evidence with recent cases, this article unveils key sociological aspects of social control, including formal and informal responses to flag desecration.
ISSN:1936-1351
DOI:10.1007/BF02887255