NCJ Number
8718
Date Published
1970
Length
676 pages
Annotation
CURRENT SOCIOLOGICAL AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AND THEORY IN CRIMINOLOGY ARE THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE SIXTY-THREE ARTICLES OF THIS BOOK.
Abstract
THE MATERIAL IS ORGANIZED INTO SEPARATE SECTIONS WITH BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS TO EACH BY THE EDITORS WHO ARE THEMSELVES WELL KNOWN SOCIOLOGISTS. THE FIRST SECTION DEALS WITH THE MEANING OF CRIMINOLOGY AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF CRIME CAUSATION. INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION ARE THE LEGAL DEFINITIONS AND COMPONENTS OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY AND A DISCUSSION OF SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS SUCH AS CONDUCT NORMS AND CULTURE CONFLICT. THE SECTION ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY STATISTICS FOCUSES ON THE VARIOUS DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF SUCH STATISTICS, THE MEASUREMENT OF CRIME, AND POLICE PRACTICES WHICH MAY INFLUENCE CRIME STATISTICS. OTHER SECTIONS DEAL WITH CAUSATION, THEORIES AND THEIR SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE ABOUT CRIME, AND SOCIAL CLASS AS A VARIABLE AFFECTING CRIME. STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS OF CRIMINOLOGY AS WELL AS INTERESTED LAYMEN SHOULD FIND THIS BOOK OF VALUE AS A TEXT OR SOURCE DOCUMENT. (SNI ABSTRACT)