NCJ Number
18612
Date Published
1973
Length
732 pages
Annotation
A COLLEGE LEVEL TEXTBOOK WHICH INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF CRIME IN THE MODERN WORLD AND EXAMINES FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF CRIME, CRIME-RELATED DEVIATIONS, MAJOR FORMS OF CRIME, PUNISHMENT, CORRECTIONS, AND PREVENTION.
Abstract
THE FUNDAMENTAL DIMENSIONS OF CRIME AS BEHAVIOR AND CRIME AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM ARE FIRST EXAMINED. AMONG THESE ARE THE MANNER AND EXTENT TO WHICH VIOLATIONS OF THE CRIMINAL CODE COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE POLICE AND THE COURTS, THE CRIMINOGENIC FACTORS AND FORCES WHICH LEAD PERSONS INTO CRIME, THE INDICATIONS OF THE AMOUNT OR EXTENT OF CRIME AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO GET INVOLVED, AND THE IMPACT OF CRIME ON VICTIMS OF CRIMINAL AGGRESSION. DEVIANT BEHAVIORS SUCH AS DRUNKENNESS, DRUG ABUSE, AND PROSTITUTION WHICH LEAD INDIVIDUALS TO CRIME ARE DISCUSSED AS WELL. VIOLENT CRIMES, COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE, CRIMINAL CAREERS, ORGANIZED CRIME, AND WHITE COLLAR CRIME ARE AMONG THE MAJOR TERMS OF CRIME INVESTIGATED IN THIS TEXT. FINALLY, SUCH ASPECTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS PUNISHMENT, CRIME CONTROL, DETENTION, PROBATION PRISONS, PAROLE, HANDLING OF THE JUVENILE OFFENDER, AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)