Publication Date
1969
Abstract
Statutes concerning sexual offenses have long been part of the criminal law. Deviants, psychopaths, sodopaths, and perverts are some of the terms applied to offenders. These terms are dependent upon and conditioned by cultural norms,' which describe certain forms of behavior as deviant, and by legal norms which outline the nature of each offense.2 Because of the myriad sexual acts considered unlawful in the United States,3 Dr. Kinsey has concluded that ninety-five percent of the American male population are technically sex criminals.4 It is indeed ironic that sex laws, which are violated by such a large majority of the population, are the very laws which impose the severest penalties upon the persons convicted.) If Dr. Kinsey's statistics are reasonably accurate, then the multitude of people in this country who do not conform to the sex laws either go undetected or are consciously ignored by law enforcement agencies. The absurdity of enforcing most of our sex laws, not to mention the impossibility of such enforcement, should be obvious, even to the most prudish Neo-Puritans.
Recommended Citation
B.,, E. C. Jr.
(1969)
"Pedophilia, Exhibitionism, and Voyeurism: Legal Problems in the Deviant Society,"
Georgia Law Review: Vol. 4:
No.
1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/glr/vol4/iss1/12