NCJ Number
67799
Editor(s)
M J MOLOF
Date Published
1980
Length
249 pages
Annotation
THESE COLLOQUIA ON STRESS AND CRIME WERE CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO HELP FORMULATE AN AGENDA FOR A PROGRAM OF BASIC RESEARCH INTO THE CORRELATES AND DETERMINANTS OF CRIME.
Abstract
SESSIONS WERE HELD IN DECEMBER 1978 FOR THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME CORRELATES AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE (NILECJ). THE PARTICIPANTS WERE INVOLVED IN STRESS RESEARCH, AND SOME WERE STUDYING RELATED CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROBLEMS. THE COLLOQUIUM WAS INTENDED (1) TO PRESENT IDEAS FOR FUTURE RESERACH, USING THE CONCEPT OF STRESS AS A CORRELATE OR DETERMINANT OF CRIME; (2) TO INTRODUCE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS TO NILECJ AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION AS POSSIBLE SOURCES OF RESEARCH EXPERTISE; AND (3) TO ALLOW INTERCHANGE AMONG RESEARCHES OF IDEAS, METHODS, FINDINGS, AND THEORIES. THE MAJOR TOPICS ADDRESSED INCLUDED THE DEFINITION OF STRESS, METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES, DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES TO STRESS, SOCIOCULTURAL AND ETHNIC FACTORS, BIOLOGICAL FACTORS, APPLIED RESEARCH, STRESS IN PRISONS, AND THE ETHICS OF USING HUMAN SUBJECTS IN STRESS RESEARCH. SUMMARIES OF WRITTEN PAPERS, DIAGRAMS, CHARTS, AND TABLES ARE INCLUDED.