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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE - CASES IN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CRIMINOLOGY, JUVENILE JUSTICE, CORRECTIONS - WEST GERMANY

NCJ Number
39496
Author(s)
H J SCHNEIDER
Date Published
1976
Length
528 pages
Annotation
SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL TEXT ARRANGED IN CASE STUDY FORMAT COVERING BASIC PRINCIPLES AND FACTS ON CRIMINOLOGY, JUVENILE JUSTICE, AND CORRECTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF WEST GERMAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Abstract
CRIMINOLOGICAL TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES AND THEORETICAL TRENDS, RESEARCH METHODS, USE OF CRIMINAL STATISTICS, CRIME CAUSES, MASS MEDIA EFFECTS ON CRIME, CRIME PREDICTION, OFFENSE TYPOLOGY, AND SOCIAL REACTION TO CRIME. JUVENILE JUSTICE TOPICS INCLUDE JUVENILE CRIME CAUSE FACTORS, JUVENILE CRIME TYPOLOGY, AND FORMAL AND INFORMAL REACTIONS BY SOCIETY TO JUVENILE CRIME. CORRECTIONAL TOPICS INCLUDE THE HISTORY OF CORRECTIONS, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY, CORRECTIONAL THEORIES AND GOALS, INCARCERATION, JUVENILE CORRECTIONS, AND CORRECTIONAL REFORM. --IN GERMAN...TL