OTHER SIDE OF CRIMINOLOGY - AN INVERSION OF THE CONCEPT OF CRIME

• NCJ Number: 12836
• Author(s): G P HOEFNAGELS
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 181 pages
• Sale Source: Kluwer Bv
• Language: English
• Country: Netherlands

Annotation

CRIMINOLOGY IS DEFINED AS A STUDY NOT OF OFFENDERS, BUT THE REACTIONS TO OFFENDERS BY THOSE IN POWER AND BY SOCIETY AT LARGE.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF CRIME AND CRIMINALS, AS WELL AS CAUSES, PREVENTION, PUNISHMENT, AND RESEARCH. AS A NECESSARY BASIS FOR IMPROVING CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, HE URGES REEXAMINATION OF THESE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS, REALIZATION OF ONE'S OWN SUBJECTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CRIME AND CRIMINALS, AND UNDERSTANDING OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AS SOMETHING ULTIMATELY ALIEN TO MORE OF US.