NCJ Number
32267
Journal
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Volume: 423 Dated: (JANUARY 1976) Pages: WHOLE ISSUE
Editor(s)
G R NEWMAN
Date Published
1976
Length
234 pages
Annotation
THIS BICENTENNIAL COLLECTION OF THIRTEEN PAPERS TRACES SOME HISTORICAL ORGINIS OF CRIME AND JUSTICE IN AMERICA AND EXAMINES SOME CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS OF CRIME THROUGH FACT, FICTION, AND POLICY.
Abstract
THE PAPERS, THEMSELVES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF CRIME, ARE DIVIDED UNDER THREE HEADINGS - '200 YEARS OF CRIME,' 'MYTH AND MEANING OF CRIME IN AMERICA,' AND 'EQUITY AND JUSTICE' - AND COVER SUCH TOPICS AS 'AMERICAN WOMEN AND CRIME,' 'BLACKS, CRIME, AND AMERICAN CULTURE,' 'MAFIA: THE PROTOTYPICAL ALIEN CONSPIRACY,' AND 'CONTROLLING 'DANGEROUS' PEOPLE.' AN INDEX IS PROVIDED. (SNI ABSTRACT)