ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF CRIMINOLOGY - WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF THE GERMAN-SPEAKING AREAS IN COMPARISON WITH THE ANGLO-AMERICAN COUNTRIES (FROM NEW PERSPECTIVES IN CRIMINOLOGY BY W T HAESLER, 1975 - SEE NCJ-37174)

• NCJ Number: 37176
• Author(s): G KAISER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Techniken
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: German
• Country: Switzerland

Annotation

REVIEW OF CHANGES IN THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF CRIMINOLOGY IN RECENT DECADES, EXAMINING CRIMINOLOGICAL TRENDS IN WEST GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD GENERALLY.

Abstract

THE NOTION OF CRIME AS AN UBIQUITOUS PHENOMENON SUBJECT TO MANIPULATION HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CONTROL IN CRIMINOLOGY. STUDIES ON THE DEFINITION OF CRIME, PATTERNS OF JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, EFFICIENCY OF CRIME POLICY, UNREPORTED CRIME, AND VICTIMOLOGY ARE EMPHASIZED AT THE EXPENSE OF STUDIES ON OFFENDER PERSONALITIES AND COMPARISONS BETWEEN OFFENDERS AND NON-OFFENDERS. THE NEW CRIMINOLOGY IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH THE CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL CLASS AND POWER. THE POINT OF VIEW OF CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH HAS BECOME MORE SOCIALLY CRITICAL AND LESS SCIENTIFICALLY NEUTRAL. THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN IDEOLOGICAL POLARIZATION IN RESEARCH TRENDS BETWEEN RIVAL POINTS OF VIEW. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) --IN GERMAN. SUMMARIES IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN 1975 (SEE) NCJ-37174