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Sutherland-Tappan debate  

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  • The Sutherland-Tappan debate occurred during the 1940s between the sociologist and criminologist Edwin H. Sutherland and Paul W. Tappan, a sociologist and lawyer. The debate centered on the issue of how criminal behavior should be defined, as well as the implications a particular definition had, once adopted, for criminology as a science. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Sutherland-Tappan Debate]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HNMGMMPL-8

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