NCJ Number
32885
Editor(s)
R L HENSHEL,
R A SILVERMAN
Date Published
1975
Length
489 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF 29 SELECTIONS DEALING WITH CRIMINOGENIC PERCEPTION AND ITS BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES, PERCEPTION IN CRIMINAL LAW AND JUSTICE, AND LABELING.
Abstract
THE EDITORS FIRST PROVIDE A THEORETICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE ROLE OF PERCEPTION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. SELECTIONS ARE THEN PRESENTED WHICH EXAMINE SUCH TOPICS AS THE RELATIONSHIP OF CRIME TO THE CRIMINAL'S PERCEPTION OF CRIME BENEFITS, PUBLIC ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS OF CRIME, POLICE ATTITUDES, THE ROLE OF PERCEPTIONS IN JUDICIAL AND CORRECTIONAL DECISION MAKING, AND THE EFFECT OF LABELING ON CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.