NCJ Number
27315
Editor(s)
J SUSMAN
Date Published
1972
Length
611 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTICLES CONCERNED WITH THE SOCIAL PROCESSES INVOLVED IN CRIME AND JUSTICE.
Abstract
SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ARE REPRESENTED IN WRITINGS ON CRIMINOLOGY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND PENOLOGY. GENERAL HEADINGS INCORPORATED INTO THE BOOK INCLUDE THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT OF CRIME AND JUSTICE, THE CRIMINAL NATURE OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, AND DETERRING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. OTHER TOPICS COVERED ARE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PLANNING, OPERATIONS AND DIVERSION. FOR THE 1971-1972 ANTHOLOGY, SEE NCJ-28615.