CRIME AND THE CRIMINOLOGISTS (FROM CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 1975, BY J A GARDINER & M A MULKEY - SEE NCJ-30660)

• NCJ Number: 37751
• Author(s): J Q WILSON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: D C Heath and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER ASSESSES THE PRESCRIPTIVE VALUE OF TWENTIETH CENTURY CRIMINOLOGICAL LITERATURE.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR ATTRIBUTES CRIMINOLOGISTS' INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CAUSES OF CRIME TO THEIR POLITICAL BELIEFS AND EMPHASIZES THE LACK OF CRIME REDUCTION STRATEGIES SUGGESTED BY MOST STUDIES.