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The Legal Threat as an Instrument of Social Change
Author(s) -
Zimring Franklin,
Hawkins Gordon
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1983.tb00180.x
Subject(s) - threatened species , social change , law enforcement , enforcement , shoring , political science , criminology , public relations , business , psychology , law , engineering , ecology , structural engineering , habitat , biology
Noting that it is important to distinguish threats aimed at shoring up existing norms from those that seek to change customary patterns of behavior, the article discusses a number of conditions influencing the outcome of threats that attempt to produce social change. Among the factors considered are variations in the type of custom, the rationale for change, the social characteristics of the threatened audience, and the extent of law enforcement. The implications of these factors for socializing change are presented.