NCJ Number
17010
Date Published
1974
Length
256 pages
Annotation
TREATS STATISTICAL ASPECTS OF VIOLENT CRIME, CRIMINAL POLICY AND PUBLIC OPINION TOWARDS CRIMES OF VIOLENCE, PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL VIOLENCE, AND ETIOLOGY OF VIOLENCE.
Abstract
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SHOWS A TREND IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TOWARD VIOLENCE BEING ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMES COMMITTED FOR GAIN. WHILE GANGSTERISM REMAINS STABLE, SPECIAL FORMS OF VIOLENCE SEEM TO BE SPREADING, PARTICULARLY PHYSICAL AND MORAL COERCION, BLACKMAIL, AND THE TAKING OF HOSTAGES. STATISTICAL TABLES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES ARE INCLUDED. SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE PROSECUTION AND SENTENCING POLICIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES ARE NOTED AND IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF AN EXAGGERATION OF THE RISKS OF VICTIMIZATION FROM CRIMES OF VIOLENCE IN THE MIND OF THE PUBLIC. IN THE CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF VIOLENCE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SOCIAL PLANNERS CONSTRUCT ENVIRONMENTS THAT AIM TO MAKE VIOLENCE BOTH UNNECESSARY AND UNREWARDING. VIOLENCE IN ITS RELATION TO PHYSIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL PROCESSES IS EXAMINED IN THE ETIOLOGY OF VIOLENCE.