NCJ Number
43243
Editor(s)
L RADZINOWICZ,
M E WOLFGANG
Date Published
1977
Length
686 pages
Annotation
PAPERS BY 40 AUTHORS EXPLORE TYPES OF CRIMES IN WESTERN AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, TYPES OF CRIMINALS, MODERN COMPUTER AND WHITE COLLAR CRIMES, DECRIMINALIZATION, AND SOCIAL EXPLANATIONS FOR CRIME.
Abstract
THIS VOLUME CONTAINS FIGURES ON U.S. CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION, CRIME IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, STUDIES OF CAREER CRIMINALS, AND PAPERS ON VIOLENT CRIME, PATTERNS IN FORCIBLE RAPE, A REASSESSMENT OF AMERICAN YOUTH GANGS, THE MAFIA MYSTIQUE, THE PROFESSIONAL FENCE, WHITE COLLAR CRIME, COMPUTER ABUSE, AND THE POLITICAL CRIMINAL AS DEFINED BY THE RULING REGIME. IDENTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR IS COVERED, INCLUDING THE PROBLEM OF OVERCRIMINALIZATION AND THE LIMITS OF CRIMINALIZATION FOR SEX OFFENSES, OBSCENITY, AND MARIHUANA CONTROL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE U.S. COMMISSION ON OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY ARE INCLUDED. THE SECTION ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME REFLECTS THE SHAKING OF ASSUMPTIONS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED. NEW STUDIES INVESTIGATE THE TRANSMISSION OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, THE INCREASE OF GANG DELINQUENCY, AND CRIME AS A NORMAL PHENOMENON IN CERTAIN CULTURES. AN INDEX IS PROVIDED.