This is assumed as given. Focus on the actor not the act. Reification of the social world. The individual is not responsible for his or her actions. The criminal is radically different form the non-criminal.
Punishment is inapplicable.
Treatment of indeterminate length is posed. Experts have the superior cognitive ability to determine when scientific treatment has occurred and the person cured. Return to Sociological Theories of Deviance Page. Return to John Hamlin's Home Page.