NCJ Number
40796
Date Published
1977
Length
429 pages
Annotation
AN ANTHOLOGY CONTAINING 36 SELECTIONS WHICH ADDRESS THE MEANINGS, FORMS, IMPACTS, AND SOLUTIONS OF DEVIANCE AND CRIMINALITY IN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES.
Abstract
TWO ARTICLES EXAMINING THE NATURE OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND THE DEFINITIONS AND CRITERIA OF CORRUPTION ARE FIRST PRESENTED. THE MANY FORMS OF OFFICIAL DEVIANCE ARE THEN EXAMINED, FROM PROBLEMS OF CITY GOVERNMENT, ABUSES BY FEDERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, AND THE WATERGATE SCANDAL TO DEVIANCE IN REGULATORY AGENCIES, POLICE CORRUPTION, AND ABUSES IN THE CONTROL OF CIVIL DISORDERS. FINALLY, A NUMBER OF ARTICLES PROVIDING EXPLANATIONS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF OFFICIAL DEVIANCE ARE INCLUDED.