CRIMINAL TYPOLOGY - THE LEGALISTIC, PHYSICALCONSTITUTIONAL-HEREDITARY, PSYCHOLOGICAL-PSYCHIATRIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES

• NCJ Number: 10179
• Author(s): J B ROEBUCK
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 335 pages
• Sale Source: Charles C. Thomas
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF TYPOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE DISCUSSED, AND THE FUNCTIONS AND FORM OF A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ARE CONSIDERED.

Abstract

INITIAL CHAPTERS IN THIS BOOK CONCERN THE FOUR TYPOLOGICAL APPROACHES. THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL REVIEWS HISTORICAL AND CURRENT CRIMINOLOGICAL SCHEMES. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES HIS OWN INDUCTIVE CRIMINAL TYPOLOGY, BASED ON A SERIES OF OFFENDER TYPES FOUND IN A PRISON POPULATION. GUIDELINES FOR THE CONTROL AND TREATMENT FOR EACH OF THESE OFFENDER TYPES ARE OUTLINED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)