CURRENT CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY AND FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS (FROM WORLD CONGRESS OF CRIME PREVENTION - PROCEEDINGS, 1975 BY JACK FOSTER AND WILBUR RYKERT - SEE NCJ-34314)

• NCJ Number: 34320
• Author(s): C R JEFFERY
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Crime Prevention International, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CRIMINOLOGICAL THOERY IS SAID TO SUFFER FROM INATTENTION TO THE BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CRIME.

Abstract

INSTEAD, A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WHICH HAS INADEQUATELY EXPLAINED CAUSALITY, TOO MUCH EMPHASIS HAS ALSO BEEN PLACED ON THE INDIVIDUAL OFFENDER.