NCJ Number
116895
Journal
Justice Quarterly Volume: 5 Issue: 4 Dated: (December 1988) Pages: 539-563
Date Published
1988
Length
25 pages
Annotation
A theory of crime and violence as 'unresponsiveness' was inferred by translating concepts of American criminology into Norwegian.
Abstract
According to this theory, punishment of offenders is a product of criminality that the punishers share. Reducing crime and violence entails decentralizing and democratizing government. The practice of criminology -- testing propositions about crime and violence -- becomes problematic. (Publisher abstract)