SOCIETY, CRIME, AND CRIMINAL CAREERS - AN INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY, 3D. ED.

• NCJ Number: 40310
• Author(s): D C GIBBONS
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 592 pages
• Publication Type: Instructional Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS TEXTBOOK IS A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF CRIME, CRIMINOLOGY, CORRECTIONS, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN MODERN SOCIETIES.

Abstract

THE BOOK COVERS A BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES SUCH AS THE ORIGIN AND TRENDS IN THE CRIMINAL, THE ROLES OF THE POLICE AND THE COURTS IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CRIME, THE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF CAUSAL ANALYSIS, INCLUDING THE PSYCHOGENIC, SOCIOGENIC, AND ROLE CAREER APPROACHES TO CRIMINALITY. THE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF PROPERTY OFFENDERS, WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS, MURDERERS, ASSAULTISTS, SEXUAL OFFENDERS, ORGANIZED AND VICTIMLESS CRIMES, AND WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ARE EXAMINED. VARIATIONS IN CORRECTIONAL DISPOSITIONS, CORRECTIONAL SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND RESULTS, AND THE FUTURE OF CRIME IN AMERICA ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED....MSP