RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOVIET CRIMINOLOGY - PAPERS COLLECTED BY THE ALL-UNION INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF THE CAUSES AND ELABORATION OF MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIME

• NCJ Number: 37310
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 126 pages
• Corporate Author: United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United Nations

Annotation

SELECTION OF ARTICLES ON BASIC DEFINITIONS, CONCEPTS, AND APPROACHES IN SOVIET CRIMINOLOGY, CRIME PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT.

Abstract

THE SOVIET CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS VOLUME STRESS HISTORICAL, IDEOLOGICAL, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONCEPTS IN THEIR ANALYSIS OF CRIME PHENOMENA. THEIR APPROACH TO CRIME CONTROL FOCUSES ON PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION THROUGH SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION. THE TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF CRIMINOLOGY, THE STRUCTURE OF CRIMINOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE, THE SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL DIMENSIONS IN THE STUDY OF CRIME CAUSES, THE CONCEPT OF THE PERSONALITY OF THE OFFENDER, THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATION OF CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENT MEASURES AND PROBLEMS OF THE TYPOLOGY OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.