Exploring the Group-Identity Function of Criminal Law

摘要: In every country where the question has been studied, incarceration rates for members of some minority groups greatly exceed those majority population. The problem disproportionate is not therefore a one ethnic group or set historical circumstances. It human that fundamentally connected to social identity. This essay conducts preliminary exploration role criminal law serves in group-identity formation. suggests building common super-group identity may be necessary achieve greater justice increasingly multi-ethnic and mobile societies.