Information Society and Its Deviances

Szathmáry, Zoltán (2011) Information Society and Its Deviances. Acta Juridica Hungarica, 52 (3). pp. 256-269. ISSN 1216-2574

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Abstract

One of the most apparent features of information society is the increasing number, diversity and complexity as well as the continuous and fast change of technical tools surrounding everything and everyone. In an interaction with the adoption of new technologies, the receptive medium, the society does also change, while the environmental changes require adaptation. The change, as the new tools and the additional services are becoming a part of the citizens’ everyday life at an extent never seen before, develops new deviances. However, the role of law in this change is constant: it has to regulate the social relations in a way that it could ensure social collaboration and prevent, punish any offence against it. Several branches of law within this complex legal system have a different role, where criminal law means the sanction keystone and stands guard. However, to be able to understand the role of criminal law, we have to discover the environment that needs to be regulated and to understand the incentives of deviant behaviours within this change.

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