NCJ Number
26480
Date Published
1972
Length
832 pages
Annotation
BROAD, SYSTEMATIC PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORY, CONCEPTS AND THEORIES OF CRIMINOLOGY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FRENCH EXPERIENCES, PRACTICES, AND LAWS.
Abstract
THE TEXT TREATS THE FUNCTION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW, THE FACTORS RELATING THE GENERAL CRIMINALITY, THE FACTORS RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL CRIMINALITY, AND THE REACTION OF SOCIETY TO CRIME. EACH CHAPTER IS FOLLOWED BY AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WHICH EVALUATES PRINCIPALLY FRENCH CRIMINOLOGICAL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE LITERATURE. --IN FRENCH