Readings in Criminology and Penology /

Presents essays on criminology as a branch of sociology with contributions from biology, psychology, social work, public administration, law, and political science.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Allen, Edward J. (Contribuidor), Bordua, David J. (Contribuidor), Byrd, Hon. Robert C. (Contribuidor), Caudill, Harry M. (Contribuidor), Cleaver, Eldridge (Contribuidor), Clemmer, Donald (Contribuidor), Cohen, Joseph (Contribuidor), Dinitz, Simon (Contribuidor), Dressier, David (Contribuidor), Dressler, David (Editor ), Durkheim, Emile (Contribuidor), Esselstyn, T. C. (Contribuidor), Fitzpatrick, Joseph P. (Contribuidor), Fortas, Abe (Contribuidor), Glaser, Daniel (Contribuidor), Glueck, Sheldon (Contribuidor), Gould, Robert E. (Contribuidor), Green, Edward R. (Contribuidor), Gutman, Daniel (Contribuidor), Guttmacher, Manfred S. (Contribuidor), Haines, William H. (Contribuidor), Hoffman, Harry R. (Contribuidor), Hoover, J. Edgar (Contribuidor), Hopper, Columbus B. (Contribuidor), Jellinek, E. M. (Contribuidor), Kassebaum, Gene G. (Contribuidor), Kennedy, Foster (Contribuidor), King, Martin Luther (Contribuidor), Knudton, Richard D. (Contribuidor), Korn, Richard (Contribuidor), Lander, Bernard (Contribuidor), Lejins, Peter P. (Contribuidor), Lewis, Anthony (Contribuidor), Martin, John M. (Contribuidor), McCorkle, Lloyd W. (Contribuidor), McKay, Henry D. (Contribuidor), Merton, Robert K. (Contribuidor), Monahan, Thomas P. (Contribuidor), Montagu, M. F. Ashley (Contribuidor), O'Leary, Vincent (Contribuidor), Quinney, Earl R. (Contribuidor), Reagan, Ronald (Contribuidor), Reckless, Walter C. (Contribuidor), Reiss, Albert J. (Contribuidor), Rice, Kent (Contribuidor), Roszak, Theodore (Contribuidor), Schrag, Clarence (Contribuidor), Sellin, Thorsten (Contribuidor), Shaw, Clifford R. (Contribuidor), Shulman, Harry M. (Contribuidor), Silver, Edward S. (Contribuidor), Slovenko, Ralph (Contribuidor), Stanton, John M. (Contribuidor), Sutherland, Edwin H. (Contribuidor), Sykes, Gresham M. (Contribuidor), Tappan, Paul W. (Contribuidor), Ward, David A. (Contribuidor), Zalba, Serapio R. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1972]
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Part I. Defining and Measuring Crime
  • Introduction
  • Crime as Normal Behavior
  • Crime as Violation of Conduct Norms
  • Crime as a Legal Concept
  • The Alarming Increase in Crime
  • Our Inadequate Criminal Statistics
  • Part II. Behavior Patterns of Offenders
  • Introduction
  • The Professional Thief. A Professional Thief
  • A More Recent Conception of Professional Crime
  • Maxie the Goniff
  • Organized Crime
  • Boss of the Outfit
  • The Normal Murderer
  • William Heirens: Sex Offender-Killer
  • White-Collar Criminality
  • A Re-examination of White-Collar Criminality
  • Crimes of Corporations and Executives
  • Becoming an Alcoholic
  • An Alcoholic's Story
  • Drugs of Abuse and Their Effects
  • Drug User
  • The Use and Abuse of Psychedelic Experience
  • The Gang as a Cultural Phenomenon
  • Gang Boy
  • Part III. The Search for Explanations
  • Introduction
  • The Concept of Cause
  • The Biologist Looks at Crime
  • Race, Social Status, and Criminal Arrest
  • Intelligence and Delinquency
  • The Psychiatric Approach to Crime and Correction
  • The Geography of Crime
  • An Ecological Approach to Juvenile Delinquency
  • A Divergent Ecological View on Delinquency
  • Self-Concept as an Insulator Against Delinquency
  • Broken Homes and Delinquency
  • Crime and Economic Condition
  • Culture Conflict and Crime
  • The Theory of Differential Association
  • A Critical Look at Differential Association Theory
  • The Doctrine of "Socially Derived Sin"
  • Part IV. The Administration of Justice
  • Introduction
  • The Constitution on Civil Liberties
  • "I Think It a Less Evil That Some Criminals Should Escape Than That the Government Should Play an Ignoble Part"
  • Legalized Wire-Tapping Is Necessary
  • The Criminal Gets the Breaks
  • Does the Supreme Court Impede Justice?
  • On Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against Racism: Letter from Birmingham City Jail
  • On Civil Disobedience with Violence The Death of Martin Luther King: Requiem for Nonviolence
  • Civil Disobedience and the Rule of Law
  • Police Brutality?
  • Police Brutality or Public Brutality?
  • The Social Role of a County Sheriff
  • The Rural Judge
  • Trial by Combat in American Courts
  • The Rule of M'Naghten
  • The Durham Rule: Departure from M'Naghten
  • A Police Chiefs Views on Capital Punishment
  • Capital Punishment: A Sociologist's Appraisal
  • In Re Gault: Supreme Court of the United States (May 15, 1967)
  • Part V. Peno-Correctional and Treatment Programs
  • Introduction
  • The Purposes of Imprisonment
  • My First Day in Prison
  • Imprisonment as a Source of Criminality
  • Leadership Among Prison Inmates
  • Resocialization Within Walls
  • The Jailhouse Turnout: Homosexuality Among Women in Prison
  • Conjugal Visiting at the Mississippi State Penitentiary
  • Work-Release Programs
  • Inmates as "Therapists"
  • Alternatives to Incarceration: Community-Centered Programs
  • A Police Official Looks at Probation and Parole
  • Parole Prediction
  • Personal Characteristics Related to Parolee Recidivism
  • Murderers on Parole
  • Part VI. Prevention
  • Introduction
  • A Public Official Discusses Delinquency and Crime Prevention
  • An Offender Discusses Prevention
  • Three Approaches to Delinquency Prevention: A Critique
  • A Structural Approach to Delinquency Prevention and Treatment
  • Index of Authors

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