NCJ Number
46323
Date Published
1976
Length
118 pages
Annotation
AN ANNOTATED STUDY GUIDE IS PRESENTED FOR RESEARCH REGARDING BOTH THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF CRIME.
Abstract
VARIOUS BOOKS, REPORTS, AND JOURNAL ARTICLES ARE CITED IN AN EFFORT TO UNDERSCORE ESTIMATIONS OF CRIME RATES AND COSTS, THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF CERTAIN ACTS OF DEVIANCE IN THE FACE OF THE LEGAL STATUS OF CERTAIN OTHER FORMS OF DEVIANCE, NATURE OF CHANGES IN RATES OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE, THE SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL NATURE OF CRIME CAUSES, THE NATURE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF DETERRENCE AND REHABILITATION EFFORTS, AND WHETHER OR NOT RADICAL CHANGE IS NECESSARY WITHIN SOCIETY TO COUNTERACT RISING CRIME AND DEVIANCE. THE MATERIALS DATE FROM 1944 TO 1976 AND ARE ORGANIZED BY THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: CRIME RATES, CRIME COSTS, ORTHODOX CRIMINOLOGY, DETERRENCE THEORY, EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF DETERRENCE, THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF CRIME, CLASS AND INEQUALITY IN AMERICA, CRIME AND POVERTY, THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT, THE NORMALITY OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME, THE WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ITS EFFECT ON CRIME AND DEVIANCE, THE DUAL ECONOMY IMPOSING SLOWER RATES OF RECOVERY ON THE POOR, THE EVOLUTION OF THE CAPITALIST CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE EVOLUTION OF LAW ITSELF, AND THE CREATION OF THE POLICE AND PRISONS. LITERATURE ON THE ROLE OF THE POLICE, THE PROSECUTOR, DEFENSE COUNSELS, THE COURTS, PRISONS, AND PAROLE IS ALSO REFERENCED. A SECTION ON MARXIST CRIMINOLOGY IS PROVIDED, WITH ATTENTION TO SOCIALISM AND CRIMINAL THEORY, LAW AND JUSTICE IN SOCIALIST COUNTRIES, AND CRIMINOLOGY IN SOCIALIST COUNTRIES. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS DEVOTED TO SOVIET, CHINESE, AND CUBAN JUSTICE. THERE IS NO INDEX.