THEORIES OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR - A MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTRODUCTION, PART 1

• NCJ Number: 37410
• Author(s): E H JOHNSON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 35 pages
• Corporate Author: Southern Illinois University Ctr for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections
• Sale Source: Southern Illinois University Ctr for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PART ONE OF COURSE MATERIALS FOR AN INTRODUCTORY LEVEL, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO STUDYING THEORIES OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

THIS FIRST PART DEALS WITH SCIENCE AND THE LEGALISTIC APPROACH. CHAPTERS DISCUSS MYTHS AS A BASIS OF VIEWING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, THE SCIENCE OF CRIMINOLOGY, DETERRENCE, EMPHASIS ON INDIVIDUAL OFFENDERS IN SCIENTIFIC STUDY, THE LEGALISTIC PERSPECTIVE EMPHASIZING THE CRIMINAL ACT, AND THE LEGALISTIC PERSPECTIVE AND THE BEHAVIOR THEORY. FOR PART TWO, SEE NCJ-37411.