FUTURE STATUS OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS IN THE FIELD OF SOCIOLOGY

• NCJ Number: 6528
• Journal: PROBATION AND PAROLE Issue: 4 Dated: (SUMMER 1972) Pages: 49-54
• Author(s): P C KRATCOSKI
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: New York State
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE DIFFERENCES IN SUBSTANCE AND ORIENTATION BETWEEN PROGRAMS OFFERED WITHIN AND OUTSIDE SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS ARE POINTED OUT.

Abstract

PROGRAMS WITHIN SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS ARE GENERALLY AIMED AT PROVIDING THE STUDENT WITH A GENERAL BACKGROUND IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, WHEREAS PROGRAMS BASED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS EMPHASIZE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES AND CRIMINALISTICS IN A MORE JOBORIENTED APPROACH. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM WHICH WOULD PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE PRACTICAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME GIVE THEM A THOROUGH GROUNDING IN THE SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF CRIME CAUSATION AND METHODS OF CONTROL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)