Freda Adler

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.

That man is a creature that needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of read more

That man is a creature that needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy

Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become read more

Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.

Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.

Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.