NCJ Number
59995
Date Published
1977
Length
91 pages
Annotation
AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON CRIMINOLOGY, INCLUDING A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND A LISTING OF CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS AND TEACHING ESTABLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IS PRESENTED.
Abstract
THE DOCUMENT OFFERS A BRIEF DEFINITION OF THE FIELD OF CRIMINOLOGY, AN OUTLINE OF ENDEAVORS ENCOMPASSED BY THE FIELD, A STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE OF CRIMINOLOGY, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BRANCHES OR DIVISIONS OF THE FIELD (PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, CRIMINAL SOCIOLOGY, CRIMINAL GEOGRAPHY OR ECOLOGY, AND CRIMINAL STATISTICS). DISCIPLINES RELATED TO CRIMINOLOGY--CRIMINALISTICS, PENOLOGY, CRIMINAL LAW, THE FORENSIC SCIENCES, CRIMINAL POLICY--ARE DEFINED. SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO CRIMINOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND RESEARCH (CLASSICAL SCHOOL, ITALIAN POSITIVIST SCHOOL, GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN CRIMINOLOGICAL SCHOOL, ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL, CRIMINOLOGY IN SCANDINAVIA AND THE NETHERLANDS, THE FRENCH AND BELGIAN SOCIOLOGICAL SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY TRENDS) ARE REVIEWED BRIEFLY, AS IS THE EMERGENCE OF UNIVERSITY TRAINING IN CRIMINOLOGY AND THE STATUS OF CRIMINOLOGICAL EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. LEVELS AND PROGRAMS OF STUDY IN CRIMINOLOGY, BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF EDUCATION, ARE IDENTIFIED. PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF CRIMINOLOGICAL INFORMATION (GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, INTRODUCTORY TEXTS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, PERIODICALS, DIRECTORIES, ETC.) ARE LISTED, AND A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR CRIMINOLOGICAL WORKS IS PRESENTED. THE BULK OF THE DOCUMENT CONSISTS OF A LISTING, BY COUNTRY, OF CRIMINOLOGY-ORIENTED RESEARCH AND TEACHING ESTABLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. PLANS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY (UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL) TO KEEP THE LISTING CURRENT ARE NOTED. (LKM)