CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF CRIME - A BOOK OF READINGS

• NCJ Number: 2001
• Author(s): S DINITZ; W C RECKLESS
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 291 pages
• Sale Source: Little, Brown and Co
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

COLLECTION OF ESSAYS WHICH PRESENTS A FIELD ORIENTED VIEW ON THE PROBLEM OF CRIME AND ITS CONTROL, USEFUL FOR BASIC ORIENTATION COURSES IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.

Abstract

THE ASSEMBLED ARTICLES AND REPORTS COVER CRITICAL, CENTRAL, UNRESOLVED, AND EMERGING ISSUES BY OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL PERSONS WHO HAVE CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE FIELD ON LEGAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, ENFORCEMENT, AND CORRECTIONAL LEVELS. SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM ARE REVIEWED, INCLUDING THE RELATION OF CRIME TO THE LAW, CRIME REPORTING, THE RANGE OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, BEHAVIORAL DEVIATIONS RELATED TO CRIME, THE ROLE OF THE VICTIM, NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONAL SUBSTITUTES FOR PUNISHMENT.