AMERICAN CRIMINOLOGICAL TRADITION - PORTRAITS OF THE MEN AND IDEOLOGY IN A DISCIPLINE

• NCJ Number: 13597
• Author(s): J SNODGRASS
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 438 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Annotation

STUDY OF PROMINENT RESEARCHERS AND THEORISTS IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE PERIOD 1915 TO 1950.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR PRESENTS A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, DESCRIPTION AND CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE WORKS OR MAJOR THEORY OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CRIMINOLOGISTS - WILLIAM HEALY, CLIFFORD R. SHAW AND HENRY D. MCKAY, EDWIN H. SUTHERLAND, AND SHELDON AND ELEANOR GLUECK. A DISCUSSION OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF EACH CRIMINOLOGIST IS PRESENTED. THE WORKS OF EACH ARE THEN ANALYZED IN TERMS OF CORE CONCEPTS OF CRIMINOLOGY, SUCH AS CONCEPTION OF CAUSATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL CLASS AND ECONOMIC CAUSATION), CONCEPTION OF CRIME, CONCEPTION OF THE OFFENDER, AND CONCEPTION OF CONTROL. THE APPENDIXES CONTAIN BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF AND ABOUT HEALY, SHAW AND MCKAY, AND THE GLUECKS.