CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS CHARACTERIZED AS AN APPLIED FIELD WHICH STRESSES ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS, POLICY AND PLANNING ANALYSIS, PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND KINDRED TOPICS. EMPHASIS IS PLACED IN THIS ARTICLE ON MAJOR COMPETING PERSPECTIVES ON CRIMINALITY NOW EXISTING IN CRIMINOLOGY, NAMELY, CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL-CYNICAL, AND RADICAL OR MARXIST VIEWPOINTS. ATTENTION IS ALSO DRAWN TO THEORETICAL VARIATIONS WITHIN RADICAL OR CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY. ALTHOUGH A CRITIQUE OF EXISTING RADICAL IDEOLOGY IS OFFERED, THE PAPER CONCLUDES THAT CRIMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS MUST BEGIN TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE POLITICAL-ECONOMIC TRENDS THAT ARE HINTED AT BY RADICAL THEORISTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...MSP