NCJ Number
2846
Date Published
1971
Length
659 pages
Annotation
A classic textbook on criminology geared to the needs of the student.
Abstract
Facts of crime and delinquency are examined and related to the theories of differential association, differential social organization, and others. Factual materials pertaining to control of crime are related to sociological and psychological theories of punishment and treatment, imprisonment, probation, parole, corporal punishment, group therapy, and psychoanalysis as society's reactions to crime are discussed. Each chapter is followed by a selected bibliography.