NCJ Number
12685
Date Published
1972
Length
520 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF ESSAYS TRACING THE HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY FROM THE LATE 1700'S TO THE 1970'S.
Abstract
THE ESSAYS EXPLICATE THE LIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AN INTERNATIONAL ARRAY OF CRIMINOLOGISTS, PLACING THE WORK OF EACH MAN INTO A FRAMEWORK OF CRIMINOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT. THE CONCLUDING ESSAY BY CLARENCE RAY JEFFERY SUMMARIZES THE HISTORY OF CRIMINOLOGY AND DISCUSSES, ON A PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS, THE CLASSICAL AND POSITIVIST SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT AS WELL AS TRENDS FOR CRIMINOLOGY IN THE FUTURE.