Readings in Criminology and Penology / / ed. by David Dressler.
Presents essays on criminology as a branch of sociology with contributions from biology, psychology, social work, public administration, law, and political science.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1972] ©1972 |
Year of Publication: | 1972 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (748 p.) |
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Other title: | 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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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Summary: | Presents essays on criminology as a branch of sociology with contributions from biology, psychology, social work, public administration, law, and political science. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231889193 9783110442489 |
DOI: | 10.7312/dres92534 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by David Dressler. |