BREACH OF THE PEACE THROUGH DEVIATION? CRIMINOLOGY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE RHETORICAL JUSTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENSE

Abstract

The functionalists theories of deviance, based on integration and social equilibrium, are ultimately based on the peace that consensus brings. They advocate the existence of a social consensus around values that are antagonistic to deviance. These theories, created within the framework of a central actor of political and economic power in the world, the United States of America, when viewed through the lens of Latin American society, are confronted with a social peace that is evidently non-existent. The investigation into this confrontation is the subject of this research.