Offender Reactlon, Professional Opinion, and Sentencing

Bibliographic Data

ID9680873
AuthorsHAROLD TRAVER (University of Hong Kong, corresponding author)
Year1978
Volume16
Issue3
Pages403-419
Publication date1978-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCriminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-9125.1978.tb00101.x
OpenAlexW2114102028
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

The central issue of this study involves determining whether the deviant is merely a passive recipient of a deviant label or if he is able to actively influence the labeling process. It is found that sex offenders who admit at least some involvement in deviant sexual activities stand a greater chance of being recommended for probation than these who deny involvement, but only if the offense does not contain certain features, e.g., force or pregnancy of the victim, which would normally preclude considering probation. The criminal justice system contains within it some means for allowing offenders to negotiate some of the consequences of conviction

Conviction · Criminal justice · Criminology · Negotiation · Political science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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