NCJ Number
95885
Journal
Criminologie Volume: 17 Issue: 2 Dated: (1984) Pages: 25-52
Date Published
1984
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This article examines how dangerousness is a concept which is now scrutinized in Europe in terms of criminal policy, clinical criminology and criminology in general.
Abstract
On the one hand, new rationales based on the fear of crime shed some light on criminal policy; on the other, the current conceptual crisis in criminology must not lead to a refusal to perceive serious problematic situations which really affect some persons. Social intervention interrogates us in a critical perspective linked to the abolitionist model. A 55 item bibliography is provided. (Author abstract modified)