POLITICAL CRIME, POLITICAL JUST1CE, AND POLITICAL PRISONERS |
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Authors: | W. WILLIAM MINOR |
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Affiliation: | Department of Criminology Florida State University |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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