NCJ Number
27635
Date Published
1969
Length
671 pages
Annotation
GENERAL REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPLES, METHODS, AND THEORIES OF CRIMINOLOGY FROM AN INTERNATIONAL AS WELL AS FRENCH PERSPECTIVE.
Abstract
PART ONE DIVIDES ITS TREATMENT OF GENERAL CRIMINOLOGY INTO CRIMINALITY, THE CRIMINAL, AND CRIMES AS AN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS. PART TWO DISCUSSES CLINICAL CRIMINOLOGY FROM THE POINTS OF VIEW OF MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL METHODOLOGIES, AND ALSO WITHIN THE MAJOR THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS. THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY IS PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE WORK. THEORIES AND ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES ARE TAKEN FROM MANY COUNTRIES WITH THE EMPHASIS ON FRANCE. FOR OTHER VOLUMES SEE NCJ-27633 AND 27634. --IN FRENCH