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POLITICAL CRIME, POLITICAL JUST1CE, AND POLITICAL PRISONERS
Author(s) -
MINOR W. WILLIAM
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1975.tb00644.x
Subject(s) - politics , criminal justice , criminology , state (computer science) , political science , political communication , economic justice , political culture , american political science , law , sociology , algorithm , computer science
Few attempts have previously been made systematically to define or interrelate the concepts of political crime, political criminal, political justice, and political prisoner. To establish a more adequate conceptual base for research, political crime and political criminals are herein defined in terms of motiwtions underlying criminal acts, regardless of the nature of the acts themselves; political justice is defined in terms of the state's reaction to perceived threat; and political prisoners are defined as those incarcerated because of either political crime (politico1 criminals) or political justice (victims of repression). Dimensions for a taxonomy of political crime are suggested.