NCJ Number
13202
Date Published
1973
Length
307 pages
Annotation
ESSAYS ON SUCH CONCERNS OF MODERN CRIMINOLOGY AS JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, VICTIMIZATION, POLITICAL CRIME, AND INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORDER.
Abstract
THE FIRST SECTION DEALS WITH JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE JUVENILE GANGS AND FACTORS RELATED TO THE DELINQUENCY OF BLACK AND WHITE TEENAGERS IN A LOW INCOME AREA. DISCUSSION THEN FOCUSES ON RESPECTABLE PEOPLE AS CRIMINALS AND VICTIMS. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE PROBLEMS OF MEASURING CRIME, RISKS OF CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION, AND CRIMINAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN. A SECTION IS DEVOTED TO CRIMES OF A POLITICAL NATURE WITH COMMENTS ON PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS, LOOTING IN NATURAL AND CIVIL DISTURBANCES, AND RACIAL DISORDERS. THE FINAL SECTION ON INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORDER PRESENTS AN ARTICLE ON WAR CRIMES AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY.