Crime and Custom in Savage Society
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Crime and Custom in Savage Society is a classic anthropological study by Bronisław Malinowski that examines law, social order, and customary practices in so-called "primitive" societies through detailed fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands.
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Target entity: Crime and Custom in Savage Society Context triple: [Bronisław Malinowski, notableWork, Crime and Custom in Savage Society]
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A.
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
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Ancient Society
Ancient Society is an 1877 work by American anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan that analyzes the evolution of human social structures from savagery through barbarism to civilization.
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Primitive Culture
Primitive Culture is an 1871 anthropological work by Edward B. Tylor that introduced key concepts such as cultural evolution and the theory of animism in the study of human societies.
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D.
The Law of Civilization and Decay
The Law of Civilization and Decay is a historical and sociological study by Brooks Adams that analyzes the rise and fall of civilizations through economic and psychological forces.
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E.
The Elementary Structures of Kinship
The Elementary Structures of Kinship is a foundational anthropological work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes kinship systems through structuralist methods to reveal universal patterns in human social organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crime and Custom in Savage Society Target entity description: Crime and Custom in Savage Society is a classic anthropological study by Bronisław Malinowski that examines law, social order, and customary practices in so-called "primitive" societies through detailed fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands.
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A.
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
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B.
Ancient Society
Ancient Society is an 1877 work by American anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan that analyzes the evolution of human social structures from savagery through barbarism to civilization.
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C.
Primitive Culture
Primitive Culture is an 1871 anthropological work by Edward B. Tylor that introduced key concepts such as cultural evolution and the theory of animism in the study of human societies.
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D.
The Law of Civilization and Decay
The Law of Civilization and Decay is a historical and sociological study by Brooks Adams that analyzes the rise and fall of civilizations through economic and psychological forces.
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E.
The Elementary Structures of Kinship
The Elementary Structures of Kinship is a foundational anthropological work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes kinship systems through structuralist methods to reveal universal patterns in human social organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anthropological study
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book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
anthropology
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sociology of law ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
customary norm
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obligation ⓘ primitive law (historical term) ⓘ sanction ⓘ social control ⓘ |
| author | Bronisław Malinowski ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Polish-British ⓘ |
| basedOn | fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
mechanisms of restitution and compensation
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role of kinship in legal obligations ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
legal anthropology
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social anthropology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
dispute settlement in small‑scale societies
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relationship between custom, law, and social control ⓘ role of reciprocity and obligation in maintaining order ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
ⓘ
legal anthropology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of magic, taboo, and social regulation
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discussion of civil and criminal wrongs among Trobrianders ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | functionalism ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a classic in anthropology
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widely cited in legal anthropology literature ⓘ |
| historicalContext | British social anthropology between the World Wars ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of legal anthropology
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theory of social control in anthropology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Trobriand Islanders
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customary law ⓘ law in so‑called primitive societies ⓘ social order ⓘ |
| methodology |
ethnographic case study
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participant observation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of obligation and sanction in customary law
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challenging the idea that so‑called primitive societies lack law ⓘ use of participant‑observation fieldwork ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| publisher | Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Argonauts of the Western Pacific ⓘ |
| setIn | Trobriand Islands ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | early 20th century Trobriand society ⓘ |
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Subject: Crime and Custom in Savage Society Description of subject: Crime and Custom in Savage Society is a classic anthropological study by Bronisław Malinowski that examines law, social order, and customary practices in so-called "primitive" societies through detailed fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands.
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