NCJ Number
140965
Date Published
1990
Length
184 pages
Annotation
This collection reprints the author's conference presentations and articles on criminology and penalogy.
Abstract
The first section, "Criminology," analyzes the role of criminal studies in relation to social change, the teaching of criminology in Greece, and the role of criminological research and criminologists in Greece. The author argues that criminology must view the criminal as an individual, not as a type. In this context, a group of articles deals with "criminalmorphism," a trend in criminology which correlates signs of the human body, especially the face, with a criminal predisposition. The second section focuses on penology and inmates in Greek prisons. After a discussion of the Greek penal reforms of 1989, the author explores the dangers of neglecting inmate civil rights. Then Act 1851/89 and the new Greek approaches to inmate education and prison labor as steps toward social rehabilitation are described. A brief final section includes thoughts on stereotyping criminals and on juvenile delinquency. Each article includes bibliographical references.