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NEGOTIATION OF CRIMINAL STATUSSociologyindex, Sociology Books 2011 Negotiation of criminal status refers to the fact that authorities and offenders against the law are involved in an interactive process of defining criminality. In the negotiation of criminal status, police or judges may ask:
The behavior of the offender in interaction or 'negotiation of criminal status' with police and judges will shape what label, if any, will be applied to the situation. Thus defining criminal status is an interactive process involving participants in interpretation and negotiation. The conditions, functions and consequences of police interrogation constitute the focus of the analysis above. Within this frame of reference, police work is seen as a general function of statepower as well as a special kind of societal reaction to deviant behavior. Then, the interaction process of police interrogation is analysed under a theoretical concept concerning the specific underlying compulsive structure of communicative behavior in relation to the negotiation of criminal status. The findings of this analysis reinforce the hypothesis that the social control exercised by the police is highly selective to the disadvantage of the underprivileged and powerless.
STRATEGY AND TACTICS OF POLICE INTERROGATION - ON THE SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF
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