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PROBLEMS OF POLITIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY CRIMINOLOGY

NCJ Number
31459
Journal
Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 58 Issue: 4-5 Dated: (JULY-OCTOBER 1975) Pages: 216-225
Author(s)
P C FRIDAY; G F KIRCHHOF
Date Published
1975
Length
10 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS OF POLITICAL CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES WHICH EXAMINE CRIME IN TERMS OF SOCIAL INJUSTICE.
Abstract
EARLIER CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES EXAMINED CRIME IN TERMS OF INNER PROBLEMS OF THE OFFENDER. THE DISCUSSION IS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN WEST GERMANY. --IN GERMAN