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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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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Table of Contents:
- 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