Research Catalog

Title

Crime in a complex society; an introduction to criminology [by] Richard D. Knudten.

Author

Knudten, Richard D.

Publication

Homewood, Ill., Dorsey Press, 1970.

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Details

Description

xvii, 758 p. illus.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

The Dorsey series in anthropology and sociology

Uniform Title

Dorsey series in anthropology and sociology

Subject

• Crime > United States
• Criminology
• Crime
• Criminal Law

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The social context of criminal deviance -- Crime and criminal law -- The prevalence and distribution of crime -- A criminological approach to analysis of deviant behavior -- Property crimes and offenses -- Criminal violations against the person -- The context of juvenile delinquency -- Special forms of female criminality -- Organized crime -- White-collar crime -- Physiopsychological explanations of crime causation -- Socioenvironmental and sociocultural causation theories -- Social-psychological causes of crime -- An integrated theory of delinquency-crime causation -- The system of law enforcement -- Officers of the court : prosecution and defense attorneys -- The juvenile court -- The postjuvenile and adult criminal court -- The system of military justice -- The federal courts system -- The systems of sentencing and probation -- Systems of institutionalization of juveniles -- The incarceration of adults -- Deprivation of life -- Parole and community reentry -- Recidivism and the problem of prediction -- The prevention of delinquent and criminal conduct.

LCCN

^^^78119808^//r92

OCLC

91128

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library