Transgression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22367170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lauren Langman (0000-0002-2851-5220, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeost041 |
| OpenAlex | W4239909011 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Transgression, violating a formal rule and/or moral principle, crossing a boundary of acceptable conduct, or exceeding a social limit, is central to understanding social life in general and deviance in particular (Jenks 2003). Although there is no clear‐cut distinction between the criminal and moral, few societies ignore theft while publicly breaking wind or picking one's nose is not usually punished as a criminal offense. At various moments, insanity, masturbation, homosexuality, and adultery have been considered transgressions that have been deemed criminal and/or pathological. At some times, imputed transgressions such as witchcraft were harshly punished. A great deal of social history has concerned the attempts of competing groups to legislate morality – and most of these have been futile
Adultery · Criminology · Homosexuality · Marine transgression · Morality · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Law · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |