Readings in Criminology and Penology

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Readings in Criminology and Penology

Edited by: David Dressler

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1972

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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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Part I. Defining and Measuring Crime
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Crime as Normal Behavior Emile Durkheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
Crime as Violation of Conduct Norms Thorsten Sellin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Crime as a Legal Concept Paul W. Tappan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
The Alarming Increase in Crime J. Edgar Hoover Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Our Inadequate Criminal Statistics Richard D. Knudton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Part II. Behavior Patterns of Offenders
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
The Professional Thief. A Professional Thief Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
A More Recent Conception of Professional Crime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Maxie the Goniff David Dressier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Organized Crime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Boss of the Outfit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
The Normal Murderer Manfred S. Guttmacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
William Heirens: Sex Offender—Killer Foster Kennedy, Harry R. Hoffman and William H. Haines Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
White-Collar Criminality Edwin H. Sutherland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
A Re-examination of White-Collar Criminality Earl R. Quinney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Crimes of Corporations and Executives Anthony Lewis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Becoming an Alcoholic E. M. Jellinek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
An Alcoholic's Story Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Drugs of Abuse and Their Effects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Drug User Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
The Use and Abuse of Psychedelic Experience Theodore Roszak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
The Gang as a Cultural Phenomenon David J. Bordua Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Gang Boy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Part III. The Search for Explanations
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
The Concept of Cause David Dressier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
The Biologist Looks at Crime M. F. Ashley Montagu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Race, Social Status, and Criminal Arrest Edward R. Green Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Intelligence and Delinquency Harry M. Shulman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	284
The Psychiatric Approach to Crime and Correction Manfred S. Guttmacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
The Geography of Crime Joseph Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
An Ecological Approach to Juvenile Delinquency Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312
A Divergent Ecological View on Delinquency Bernard Lander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Self-Concept as an Insulator Against Delinquency Walter C. Reckless and Simon Dinitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Broken Homes and Delinquency Thomas P. Monahan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	340
Crime and Economic Condition Daniel Glaser and Kent Rice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
Culture Conflict and Crime Thorsten Sellin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
The Theory of Differential Association Edwin H. Sutherland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
A Critical Look at Differential Association Theory Sheldon Glueck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	372
The Doctrine of "Socially Derived Sin" Robert K. Merton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Part IV. The Administration of Justice
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
The Constitution on Civil Liberties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	400
"I Think It a Less Evil That Some Criminals Should Escape Than That the Government Should Play an Ignoble Part" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
Legalized Wire-Tapping Is Necessary Edward S. Silver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	408
The Criminal Gets the Breaks Daniel Gutman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Does the Supreme Court Impede Justice? Ralph Slovenko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419
On Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against Racism: Letter from Birmingham City Jail Martin Luther King Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	426
On Civil Disobedience with Violence The Death of Martin Luther King: Requiem for Nonviolence Eldridge Cleaver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	443
Civil Disobedience and the Rule of Law Abe Fortas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	448
Police Brutality? Albert J. Reiss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	456
Police Brutality or Public Brutality? Hon. Robert C. Byrd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
The Social Role of a County Sheriff T. C. Esselstyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	483
The Rural Judge Harry M. Caudill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	493
Trial by Combat in American Courts David Dressier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	502
The Rule of M'Naghten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	512
The Durham Rule: Departure from M'Naghten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	518
A Police Chiefs Views on Capital Punishment Edward J. Allen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	531
Capital Punishment: A Sociologist's Appraisal Walter C. Reckless Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	537
In Re Gault: Supreme Court of the United States (May 15, 1967) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	547
Part V. Peno-Correctional and Treatment Programs
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	575
The Purposes of Imprisonment Gresham M. Sykes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	578
My First Day in Prison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	582
Imprisonment as a Source of Criminality Donald Clemmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	590
Leadership Among Prison Inmates Clarence Schrag Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	600
Resocialization Within Walls Lloyd W. McCorkle and Richard Korn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	608
The Jailhouse Turnout: Homosexuality Among Women in Prison David A. Ward and Gene G. Kassebaum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	625
Conjugal Visiting at the Mississippi State Penitentiary Columbus B. Hopper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	636
Work-Release Programs Serapio R. Zalba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	650
Inmates as "Therapists" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	657
Alternatives to Incarceration: Community-Centered Programs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	663
A Police Official Looks at Probation and Parole J. Edgar Hoover Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	674
Parole Prediction Peter P. Lejins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	676
Personal Characteristics Related to Parolee Recidivism Daniel Glaser and Vincent O’Leary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	682
Murderers on Parole John M. Stanton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	695
Part VI. Prevention
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	707
A Public Official Discusses Delinquency and Crime Prevention Ronald Reagan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	708
An Offender Discusses Prevention Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	715
Three Approaches to Delinquency Prevention: A Critique John M. Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	721
A Structural Approach to Delinquency Prevention and Treatment John M. Martin, Joseph P. Fitzpatrick and Robert E. Gould Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	734
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	745

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May 6, 2019

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9780231889193

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https://doi.org/10.7312/dres92534

eBook ISBN: 9780231889193

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