US NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LAW OBSERVANCE AND ENFORCEMENT - REPORT NO 13 - REPORT ON THE CAUSES OF CRIME (ISSUED IN TWO NUMBERED VOLUMES)

• NCJ Number: 44551
• Author(s): H W ANDERSON; M PLOSCOWE; M VAN KLEECK; E A WINSLOW; I D REID; C R SHAW; H D MCKAY
• Date Published: 1931
• Length: 816 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A 1931 TWO-VOLUME REPORT ON SOME CAUSATIVE FACTORS IN CRIMINALITY, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND CRIME, AND SOCIAL FACTORS IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, IS PRESENTED.

Abstract

VOLUME ONE INCLUDES THE RESEARCH REPORTS ON THE CAUSES OF CRIME AND WORK AND LAW OBSERVANCE. THE FIRST REPORT, BASED ON 2 YEARS OR RESEARCH IN EUROPEAN CRIMINOLOGICAL INSTITUTES DURING THE EARLY 1930'S, EXPLORES MORPHOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL FACTORS IN CRIME. THE SECOND REPORT, AN INQUIRY INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND CRIME, IS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS REPORTS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF CRIME AND CRIMINALS ALONG WITH STUDIES OF HUMAN RELATIONS AND CONDITIONS OF INDUSTRY. A STUDY OF PRISON RECORDS RESULTED IN A REPORT ON THE HISTORIES OF THE MEN IN SING SING PRISON. THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND CRIME FLUCTUATIONS AS SHOWN BY MASSACHUSETTS STATISTICS ARE PRESENTED. ALSO INCLUDED IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SPECIAL PROBLEM OF THE BLACK AS RELATED BOTH TO WORK AND TO CRIME. NOTES ON FLUCTUATIONS IN EMPLOYMENT AND CRIME ARE ADDED. VOLUME TWO PRESENTS THE RESULS OF A NUMBER OF SOCIAL RESEARCH STUDIES IN THE FIELD OF DELINQUENCY. THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE REPORT IS LIMITED TO DATA CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY, THE PLAY GROUP AND GANG, AND THE FAMILY, IN THEIR RELATION TO THE PROBLEM OF DELINQUENCY AMONG BOYS. A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR NECESSITATES A THOROUGH STUDY OF BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE SOCIAL MILIEU TO WHICH HE IS RESPONSIVE. CONSTITUTIONAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL FACTORS PROBABLY ALL CONTRIBUTE TO DELINQUENCY AND MUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE STUDY AND TREATMENT OF A GIVEN CASE. STATISTICAL DATA PERTAINING TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DELINQUENTS, FORMAL INDEXES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND DISORGANIZATION, THE RELATIVE INCIDENCE OF LONE AND GROUP OFFENDERS, AND THE FREQUENCY OF BROKEN HOMES AMONG DELINQUENT BOYS ARE PRESENTED. CARD RECORDS AND NOTES ON METHODS OF STUDY OF MEN IN SING SING PRISON, TABLES ON OCCUPATIONS AND OTHER ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DATA IN THE RECORDS OF MEN IN SING SING PRISON, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND CRIME FLUCTUATIONS AS SHOWN BY MASSACHUSETTS STATISTICS, AND ANNUAL STATISTICS OF CRIME AND EMPLOYMENT IN NEW YORK STATE ARE APPENDED IN VOLUME ONE.