Theory of the Behavior of Law

DONALD BLACK’S THEORY OF THE BEHAVIOR OF LAW DAPHNE A. GRAHAM Donald Black, author of Behavior of Law, can be described as a conflict theorist. The conflict criminologist would argue that societies are composed of groups with conflicting values and interest. The groups with the most power shape the laws of their society. This creates an inverse relationship between power and official crime rates. People with less power are more likely (and people with …

…most of them can be argued, if not shown to be the opposite of what Black proposed. REFERENCES: Black, D. (1989) . Sociological justice. NewYork: Oxford University Press. Hawkins, D. (1990) . Sociological justice by Donald Black [Review of the book Sociological justice]. Social Forces, 69 (1), 316-318. Kleck, G. (1990) . Donald Black: Sociological Justice [Review of the book Sociological justice] . Contemporary Sociology, 19 (2), 261-262. Vold, G. B., Bernard, T. J., & Snipes, J. B. (1998) . Theoretical criminology (4th ed.) . New York: Oxford University Press.