NCJ Number
12446
Date Published
1972
Length
869 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF READINGS DESIGNED AS A BASIC RESOURCE ON ALL ASPECTS OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AUSTRALIA FEATURING CONTRIBUTIONS BY LEADING AUTHORITIES IN THEIR FIELD IN THAT COUNTRY.
Abstract
THE CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE CORRECTIONS PERSONNEL, CRIMINOLOGISTS, JUDGES, LAWYERS, MAGISTRATES, POLICEMEN, POLITICIANS, PROBATION AND PAROLE WORKERS, PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, SOCIOLOGISTS, AND STATISTICIANS. THE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ORGANIZED INTO SECTIONS ON THE STATE OF CRIME, THE YOUNG OFFENDER, PATTERNS OF CRIMINALITY, THE POLICE, ARREST AND INTERROGATION, COMMITTAL AND TRIAL, SENTENCING, CUSTODIAL ASPECTS OF CORRECTIONS, NON-CUSTODIAL ASPECTS OF CORRECTIONS, VICTIMOLOGY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. EACH SECTION IS PRECEDED BY AN INTERPRETIVE INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITORS. THE LACK OF CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA IS REFLECTED IN THE LARGE NUMBER OF ARTICLES IN THE READER WHICH ARE OF A THEORETICAL OR DESCRIPTIVE NATURE.