NCJ Number
11422
Date Published
1973
Length
320 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION AND CRITIQUE OF SUTHERLAND'S PAPERS AND THEORIES INVOLVING SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR BOTH POLICY AND PRACTICE.
Abstract
DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION AND WHITE COLLAR CRIME ARE TWO OF THE THEORETICAL TERMS CONNED BY SUTHERLAND WHICH ARE EXAMINED IN THIS TEXT. THE FORMER SUGGESTS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL'S TENDENCY TOWARD OR AWAY FROM CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS INFLUENCED BY THE CULTURAL STANDARDS OF HIS ASSOCIATES. THE LATTER THEORY IS CONCERNED WITH OCCUPATIONAL CRIMES OF THE UPPER SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSES. INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL CONTAINS AN ANALYSIS OF SUTHERLAND'S PERSPECTIVE, HIS MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS, AND METHOD OF WORK. INCLUDED IN THIS PUBLICATION ARE A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT, AND PAPERS DEALING WITH CRIME AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, CRIME CONTROL CONSIDERATIONS AND TRENDS, AND CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS A LISTING OF BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND REPORTS BY SUTHERLAND, AS WELL AS A LIST OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)