CRIME IN SOCIETY AND SCHOOLS (FROM VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS PERSPECTIVES, PROGRAMS, AND POSITIONS, 1977, BY JAMES M MCPARTLAND AND EDWARD L MCDILL - SEE NCJ-40798)

• NCJ Number: 40801
• Author(s): J Q WILSON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: D C Heath and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE COMPARES THE WAY WE THINK OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE SEVENTIES WITH THE WAY WE WERE THINKING TEN YEARS AGO ABOUT CRIME IN SOCIETY GENERALLY.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR REVIEWS THE POSITIONS, IDEOLOGIES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL INTERESTS WHICH HAVE CHARACTERIZED THE DISCUSSIONS OF CRIME IN THE SCHOOLS AND IN SOCIETY AND CONCLUDES THAT THE RHETORIC IS INTERCHANGEABLE. IT IS PROPOSED THAT ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES BE PREPARED AND TESTED. WILSON RECOMMENDS SCHOOL VICTIMIZATION STUDIES, DETERRENT BUILDING DESIGNS, ALTERNATIVES TO ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOLS, AND REFORMED JUVENILE COURT PROCEDURES AS REALISTIC STRATEGIES....MSP