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Social reaction to crime: law and morals in the Schouten Islands, New Guinea
Royal Anthropological institute of Great Britain & Ireland • 68 • Published In 1938 • Pages: 223-262 , plates X-XII
By: Hogbin, Herbert Ian.
Abstract
The author relates incidents of adultery and thievery which occurred during his stay among the Wogeo. The attitude of the culprits and of the community toward each of the crimes committed, and the eventual disposition of the case are recorded in some detail. The author concludes that the reaction to crime is not a unanimous rising up in support of accepted moral principles; it instead depends on individual motivations to take action (or to find extenuating circumstances not to) according to the particular circumstances that relate him to the principals.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2014
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert Lee ; 1959
- Field Date
- 1934
- Coverage Date
- 1934
- Coverage Place
- Vokeo Island, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
- Notes
- By H. Ian Hogbin
- Published for the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland by Trübner & Co.
- LCCN
- unk82052056
- LCSH
- Vokeo Island (Papua New Guinea)