NCJ Number
38426
Date Published
1976
Length
462 pages
Annotation
THIS TEXTBOOK IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A BROAD VIEWPOINT OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HELPING PRACTITIONERS MAKE USE OF THEORY AND HELPING SCHOLARS TRANSLATE THEORY INTO PRACTICE.
Abstract
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS COVER HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND CRIME, THE EMERGENCE OF CRIMINOLOGY AS A SPECIAL DISCIPLINE, AND EARLY THEORIES REGARDING BIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. AN OVERVIEW OF THE VARIOUS LATER SOCIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, PSYCHIATRIC, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, MOTIVATIONAL, LEGAL, AND POLITICAL APPROACHES TO EXPLAINING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IS THEN PRESENTED, WITH EACH APPROACH BEING CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. CRIMINAL CAREER PATTERNS, FACTORS AFFECTING INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP BEHAVIOR, AND THE USE OF TYPOLOGIES, CLASSIFICATION, AND PREDICTION METHODS TO UNDERSTAND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR ARE ALSO REVIEWED. THE CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES AND APPROACHES DISCUSSED ARE THEN SUMMARIZED IN TABULAR FORM, ALONG WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND APPLICATIONS IN PRACTICE. AN ELEVEN PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND AN INDEX ARE INCLUDED.