Theorists who challenge the construction of crime argue that society should count among crime, “analogous social injury.” Promoting and selling alcoholic beverages and cigarettes are, for example, behaviors that are legal but produce considerable social, health, and psychological problems.
The Social Construct of Crime
Theorists who challenge the construction of crime argue that society should count among crime, “analogous social injury.” Promoting and selling alcoholic beverages and cigarettes are, for example, behaviors that are legal but produce considerable social, health, and psychological problems. (Page 21 of 27, 21st Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook: Social Construct of Crime). What do you think about such a proposal?