NCJ Number
43224
Date Published
1976
Length
432 pages
Annotation
THIS BASIC TEXT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF CONCEPTS AND BASIC QUESTIONS OF CRIME, FORMS OF CRIME, AND SOCIETY'S ANSWERS TO CRIME.
Abstract
A GENERAL SECTION INCLUDES CHAPTERS ON THE CONCEPT, FUNCTION, AND ROLE OF CRIMINOLOGY; CHANGES IN CRIMINOLOGICAL APPROACHES; CRIMINOLOGY AND RELATED SCIENCES; CRIMINOLOGICAL POINTS OF DEPARTURE AND BASIC CONCEPTS; AND PROBLEMS IN CRIMINOLOGY AND RESEARCH APPROACHES. THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH SUCH SPECIAL TOPICS AS JUVENILE CRIME AND APPROACHES TO EXPLAINING ITS, MARGINAL GROUP BEHAVIOR AND 'GASTARBEITER' (FOREIGN MEMBERS OF THE GERMAN WORK FORCE) CRIME, AGGRESSION AND VIOLENT CRIME, WHITE COLLAR CRIME, AND TRAFFIC CRIME AND THE PRACTICE OF SANCTIONS. THE TEXT INCLUDES A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND AN INDEX.