NCJ Number
57085
Date Published
1978
Length
780 pages
Annotation
DIMENSIONS OF TRADITIONAL CRIME AND CRIMINALITY, CAUSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN SOCIETY, AND THE TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY ARE EXPLORED.
Abstract
IN AN EFFORT TO CHARACTERIZE CRIME AND CRIMINALITY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, DATA PROVIDED BY CRIMINOLOGISTS, SOCIOLOGISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, JOURNALISTS, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE UTILIZED TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPACT OF CRIME AND, ESPECIALLY, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ON SOCIETY. VARIOUS PATTERNS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR ARE EXAMINED, INCLUDING POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND BUSINESS CRIME. PUBLIC AND JUDICIAL RESPONSES TO CRIME ARE ANALYZED. SPECIFIC ATTENTION IS PAID TO CRIME AND CRIMINAL LAW, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, ORGANIZED CRIME, WHITE COLLAR CRIME, POLITICAL CRIME, AND THE CRIMINAL HIMSELF (ATTRIBUTES, CAREERS IN CRIME, ADDICTS, SEX OFFENDERS, SOCIOPATHIC OFFENDERS, AND PATTERNS OF VIOLENCE). JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IS ASSESSED IN TERMS OF JUVENILE COURTS, ATTRIBUTES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, AND JUVENILE GANG PATTERNS AND IN TERMS OF THE ROLES PLAYED BY FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND SOCIAL CLASS. THE CAUSAL CONTEXT OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY IS EXPLAINED, EMPHASIZING THE INDIVIDUAL, THE GROUP, AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. MEASURES FOR TREATING AND CONTROLLING CRIME AND DELINQUENCY ARE DISCUSSED, INCLUDING THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (PRISONS), INSTITUTIONS FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, COMMUNITY TREATMENT AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS, PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES. TABLES, AND FIGURES, AND AN INDEX ARE PROVIDED. (DEP)