social offenses

Scope Note

Definitions, incidence of, and punishments for quarrelsomeness, disorderly conduct, and commission of nuisances; penalties for drunkenness, prohibited drug use, and abnormal behavior; patterned punishments for lying and other breaches of ethics; punishments for indolence and non-cooperation; etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 680 offenses and sanctions

Related Terms

• 158 personality disorders
• 273 alcoholic beverages
• 276 recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
• 461 labor and leisure
• 476 mutual aid
• 510 living standards and routines
• 576 etiquette
• 577 ethics
• 578 ingroup antagonisms
• 626 social control