1st Edition
Authority and Delinquency in the Modern State A Criminological Approach to the Problem of Power
By Alex Comfort
Copyright 1950
126 Pages
by
Routledge
126 Pages
by
Routledge
126 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Authority and Delinquency in the Modern State, originally published in 1950, Alex Comfort discusses the relationship between crime and power, and traces the mechanisms which may lead to delinquent behaviour by those in office. In the early twentieth century, the literature of abnormal behaviour contained many hints of identity between the psychogenesis of crime and the psychogenesis of... Read more
Introduction. Part I: Delinquency in Modern Government 1. General Consideration 2. Types of Leadership 3. Aberrant Personalities in Government 4. War and the Corps D’Élite Part II: The State and Human Behaviour 1. Functions of the State 2. Power and the ‘Natural Man’ 3. Remedies.
Biography
Alex Comfort
