Readings in Criminology and Penology / David Dressler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dressler, David, editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1972]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Part I. Defining and Measuring Crime

Introduction

Crime as Normal Behavior / Durkheim, Emile

Crime as Violation of Conduct Norms / Sellin, Thorsten

Crime as a Legal Concept / Tappan, Paul W.

The Alarming Increase in Crime / Hoover, J. Edgar

Our Inadequate Criminal Statistics / Knudton, Richard D.

Part II. Behavior Patterns of Offenders

The Professional Thief. A Professional Thief

A More Recent Conception of Professional Crime

Maxie the Goniff / Dressier, David

Organized Crime

Boss of the Outfit

The Normal Murderer / Guttmacher, Manfred S.

William Heirens: Sex Offender-Killer / Kennedy, Foster / Hoffman, Harry R. / Haines, William H.

White-Collar Criminality / Sutherland, Edwin H.

A Re-examination of White-Collar Criminality / Quinney, Earl R.

Crimes of Corporations and Executives / Lewis, Anthony

Becoming an Alcoholic / Jellinek, E. M.

An Alcoholic's Story

Drugs of Abuse and Their Effects

Drug User

The Use and Abuse of Psychedelic Experience / Roszak, Theodore

The Gang as a Cultural Phenomenon / Bordua, David J.

Gang Boy

Part III. The Search for Explanations

The Concept of Cause / Dressier, David

The Biologist Looks at Crime / Montagu, M. F. Ashley

Race, Social Status, and Criminal Arrest / Green, Edward R.

Intelligence and Delinquency / Shulman, Harry M.

The Psychiatric Approach to Crime and Correction / Guttmacher, Manfred S.

The Geography of Crime / Cohen, Joseph

An Ecological Approach to Juvenile Delinquency / Shaw, Clifford R. / McKay, Henry D.

A Divergent Ecological View on Delinquency / Lander, Bernard

Self-Concept as an Insulator Against Delinquency / Reckless, Walter C. / Dinitz, Simon

Broken Homes and Delinquency / Monahan, Thomas P.

Crime and Economic Condition / Glaser, Daniel / Rice, Kent

Culture Conflict and Crime / Sellin, Thorsten

The Theory of Differential Association / Sutherland, Edwin H.

A Critical Look at Differential Association Theory / Glueck, Sheldon

The Doctrine of "Socially Derived Sin" / Merton, Robert K.

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 / Silver, Edward S.

The Criminal Gets the Breaks / Gutman, Daniel

Does the Supreme Court Impede Justice? / Slovenko, Ralph

On Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against Racism: Letter from Birmingham City Jail / King, Martin Luther

On Civil Disobedience with Violence The Death of Martin Luther King: Requiem for Nonviolence / Cleaver, Eldridge

Civil Disobedience and the Rule of Law / Fortas, Abe

Police Brutality? / Reiss, Albert J.

Police Brutality or Public Brutality? / Byrd, Hon. Robert C.

The Social Role of a County Sheriff / Esselstyn, T. C.

The Rural Judge / Caudill, Harry M.

Trial by Combat in American Courts / Dressier, David

The Rule of M'Naghten

The Durham Rule: Departure from M'Naghten

A Police Chiefs Views on Capital Punishment / Allen, Edward J.

Capital Punishment: A Sociologist's Appraisal / Reckless, Walter C.

In Re Gault: Supreme Court of the United States (May 15, 1967)

Part V. Peno-Correctional and Treatment Programs

The Purposes of Imprisonment / Sykes, Gresham M.

My First Day in Prison

Imprisonment as a Source of Criminality / Clemmer, Donald

Leadership Among Prison Inmates / Schrag, Clarence

Resocialization Within Walls / McCorkle, Lloyd W. / Korn, Richard

The Jailhouse Turnout: Homosexuality Among Women in Prison / Ward, David A. / Kassebaum, Gene G.

Conjugal Visiting at the Mississippi State Penitentiary / Hopper, Columbus B.

Work-Release Programs / Zalba, Serapio R.

Inmates as "Therapists"

Alternatives to Incarceration: Community-Centered Programs

A Police Official Looks at Probation and Parole / Hoover, J. Edgar

Parole Prediction / Lejins, Peter P.

Personal Characteristics Related to Parolee Recidivism / Glaser, Daniel / O'Leary, Vincent

Murderers on Parole / Stanton, John M.

Part VI. Prevention

A Public Official Discusses Delinquency and Crime Prevention / Reagan, Ronald

An Offender Discusses Prevention

Three Approaches to Delinquency Prevention: A Critique / Martin, John M.

A Structural Approach to Delinquency Prevention and Treatment / Martin, John M. / Fitzpatrick, Joseph P. / Gould, Robert E.

Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88919-4

OCLC:

1100456519