NCJ Number
9929
Date Published
1971
Length
44 pages
Annotation
CONFLICTING TENDENCIES OF DISCIPLINE-ORIENTED AND PROBLEM-ORIENTED APPROACHES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL SCIENCE, AS THIS APPLIES TO THE FIELD OF CRIMINOLOGY.
Abstract
ISSUES DISCUSSED INCLUDE MULTIDISCIPLINARITY VERSUS INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN CRIMINOLOGICAL WORK, INTERDISCIPLINARY THEORY BUILDING, METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN CRIMINOLOGY, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMWORK IN CLINICAL CRIMINOLOGY. INTEGRATED CONCEPTS IN RESEARCH - OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, DIAGNOSTICS, EVALUATIVE RESEARCH - ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES WITH COMMENTS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS AND THE FUTURE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN CRIMINOLOGY.