Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.Journal of Legal Studies (JLS) publishes interdisciplinary academic research about law and legal institutions. It ...
Deviance Amplification Theory explores how society’s reaction to crime can unintentionally increase criminal behavior. This ...
Deviancy amplification is a theory that suggests that deviance in a society is the unintended consequence of police control, over-reaction and labelling by the mass media and popular reaction to ...