NCJ Number
12444
Date Published
1973
Length
247 pages
Annotation
PRACTICAL COVERAGE THROUGH SELECTED ARTICLES OF TOPICS RANGING FROM CRIME CAUSES AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR TO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS SUCH AS ADDICTION AND GROUP BEHAVIOR.
Abstract
THIS BOOK IS ORIENTED TOWARD THE PRACTITIONER'S NEED FOR PRACTICAL INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP BEHAVIORS AND CHARACTERISTICS. DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTERS BY SEPARATE AUTHORS ADDRESS THE CAUSES OF CRIME, INMATE CHARACTERISTICS AND TRENDS IN CORRECTIONAL CHANGE, THEORIES OF DELINQUENCY AND APPROACHES TO ITS CONTROL, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY. THE DIRECTION OF EMPHASIS THEN MOVES TO CONVEYING PRACTICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS FACED BY CORRECTIONS AND POLICE PERSONNEL IN DEALING WITH THE NARCOTICS ADDICT, THE ALCOHOLIC, AND THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED. THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATION TO CRIME ARE CLARIFIED. FURTHER CHAPTERS DISCUSS THE SOCIAL AND HUMAN DYNAMICS OF OUR SOCIETY, THE VARIOUS LANGUAGE, RACIAL, AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN SOCIETAL COMPOSITION, AND THE DYNAMICS OF COMMUNITY INTERVENTION. PRESENTATION OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF GROUP BEHAVIOR AND THE DIFFICULTIES AND METHODS OF DEALING WITH GROUPS AND WITH THE VICTIMS OF CRIME COMPLETE THE DISCUSSION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)