CRIME AND DELINQUENCY 2D ED.

• NCJ Number: 16489
• Author(s): M R HASKELL; L YABLONSKY
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 794 pages
• Sale Source: Rand McNally and Co
• Publication Type: Instructional Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS TEXTBOOK ANALYZES BOTH THE TRADITIONAL PROBLEMS OF CRIMINALITY AND THE NEW, COMPLEX PROBLEMS RAISED BY CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FORCES AND EVENTS.

Abstract

THE BROAD SUBJECT AREAS THAT THIS DOCUMENT DEALS WITH ARE TYPES OF CRIME, TYPES OF CRIMINALS, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, THE ETIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, AND THE TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY. IN GENERAL, THE AUTHORS EXAMINE THE VARIETY OF PATTERNS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING THE RECENTLY EXPOSED FORMS OF POLITICAL AND BUSINESS CRIME. THEY ANALYZE THE PUBLIC AND JUDICIAL RESPONSE TO CRIME POSED BY ISSUES SUCH AS - ONE TYPE OF ACTIVITY IS LABELLED CRIMINAL WHILE ANOTHER MORE SOCIALLY DESTRUCTIVE ACTIVITY IS LAWFUL, SOME LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS (SES) OFFENDERS ARE GIVEN LONG SENTENCES WHILE HIGH SES OFFENDERS SOMETIMES RECEIVE LITTLE OR NO PUNISHMENT.