NCJ Number
34182
Date Published
1976
Length
463 pages
Annotation
DESIGNED FOR THE STUDENT OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, THIS TEXT DESCRIBES THE MAJOR THEMES, SUBJECTS, PROGRAMS, PRACTICES, AND PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH CRIME DEFINITION, CONTROL AND PREVENTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
Abstract
AMONG THE TOPICS CONSIDERED IN THIS TEXT ARE THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CRIME CAUSATION THEORIES AND OF CRIME DATA, THE CONCEPT OF PUNISHMENT, THE SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CORRECTIONAL PROCESS, THE MEANING OF JUSTICE, AND THE NEW THRUST OF 'CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY', SOMETIMES CALLED 'RADICAL CRIMINOLOGY'. ALSO EXAMINED ARE THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF CRIMES AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIORS, THE ACTUAL PROCESSES OF HANDLING THE OFFENDER, POLICE, JUVENILE JUSTICE, PROBATION, AND PAROLE. THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE CHAPTERS, THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AS THEY HAVE DEVELOPED INTO THE 'NONSYSTEM' OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)