PERSPECTIVE IN CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE - THE IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• NCJ Number: 42003
• Journal: Criminal Justice Review Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Dated: (SPRING 1977) Pages: 23-40
• Author(s): D C GIBBONS; G F BLAKE
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Georgia State University
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE EMERGENCE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD OF STUDY WHICH DRAWS MUCH OF ITS INTELLECTUAL SUSTENANCE FROM SUCH ESTABLISHED DISCIPLINES AS SOCIOLOGY, CRIMINOLOGY, AND ECONOMICS.

Abstract

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS CHARACTERIZED AS AN APPLIED FIELD WHICH STRESSES ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS, POLICY AND PLANNING ANALYSIS, PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND KINDRED TOPICS. EMPHASIS IS PLACED IN THIS ARTICLE ON MAJOR COMPETING PERSPECTIVES ON CRIMINALITY NOW EXISTING IN CRIMINOLOGY, NAMELY, CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL-CYNICAL, AND RADICAL OR MARXIST VIEWPOINTS. ATTENTION IS ALSO DRAWN TO THEORETICAL VARIATIONS WITHIN RADICAL OR CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY. ALTHOUGH A CRITIQUE OF EXISTING RADICAL IDEOLOGY IS OFFERED, THE PAPER CONCLUDES THAT CRIMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS MUST BEGIN TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE POLITICAL-ECONOMIC TRENDS THAT ARE HINTED AT BY RADICAL THEORISTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...MSP