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SELECTED READINGS IN CRIME AND JUSTICE

NCJ Number
61297
Editor(s)
A R BASSETT
Date Published
Unknown
Length
431 pages
Annotation
SELECTED READINGS ADDRESS THE HISTORY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, EXPLANATIONS AND TYPOLOGIES OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, AND CRIMINAL OVERREACH.
Abstract
TOPICS FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRIME IN EARLY ENGLISH SOCIETY, CRIMINOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF CRIME, CAUSES OF CRIME IN AMERICA, AND THE CRIME CONTROL PROBLEM, WITH THE LATTER TWO ISSUES CONSIDERED IN REPORTS BY THE U.S. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE. OTHER ISSUES CONSIDER SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT IN EUROPEAN CRIMINOLOGY, PHYSIOPSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME CAUSATION, CRIME AS A NORMAL PHENOMENON, LEARNING AND TRANSMITTING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, ANOMIE, THE RISE OF THE PSYCHONALYTICAL APPROACH TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, AND PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. ALSO ARTICLES ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING TYPOLOGIES OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR: VIOLENT CRIMINALS, SEX OFFENDERS, PROPERTY OFFENDERS, ORGANIZED CRIME, WHITE-COLLAR OFFENDERS, VIOLATORS OF PUBLIC TRUST, AND JUVENILE CRIME. FINALLY, TOPICS INCLUDE THE CASE FOR CONTINUED ENFORCEMENT OF VICTIMLESS CRIMES, OVERCRIMINALIZATION, DEVIANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY, AND THE LIMITS OF CRIMINAL SANCTIONS IN DEALING WITH SEX OFFENSES. TABULAR DATA AND FOOTNOTES ACCOMPANY MOST PRESENTATIONS. (RCB)