NCJ Number
11090
Date Published
1972
Length
759 pages
Annotation
ARTICLES ON THE DEFINITION, MEASUREMENT, CAUSES, AND PREVENTION OF CRIME AS WELL AS OFFENDER, BEHAVIOR, CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
Abstract
PART ONE OF THIS PUBLICATION CONCERNS CRIME AND CRIMINALS AS DEFINED BY SUCH EMINENT CRIMINOLOGISTS AS EMILE DURKHEIM, THORSTEN SELLIN, PAUL TAPPAN, AND RICHARD KNUDTON. PART TWO CONCENTRATES ON THE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF PROFESSIONAL THIEVES, ALCOHOLICS, DRUG USERS, MURDERERS, WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS, AND ORGANIZED CRIMINALS. THE THIRD SECTION, FOCUSING ON THE ETIOLOGY OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, DEALS WITH BIOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC APPROACHES, AND INCLUDES OTHER THEORETICAL FORMULATIONS. SECTION FOUR CONTAINS PAPERS ON THE ROLE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND OTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW, AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. ALSO INCLUDED ARE JUDICIAL DECISIONS CONCERNING THE INSANITY DEFENSE, AND JUVENILE DUE PROCESS. PART FIVE IS CONCERNED WITH INCARCERATION FROM A PUNISHMENT AND TREATMENT PERSPECTIVE, PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. THE CONCLUDING PAPERS PRESENT SUGGESTIONS FOR CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION.