Full Description
First published in 1998. This is Volume IX of the fifteen in the Sociology of Law and Criminology series. This is a collection of mainly previously published periodicals, articles, reports or reviews on group problems in crime and punishment. The material has throughout been revised in 1955 and brought up to date by adding brief introductory or concluding remarks and further references to recent legislation, literature, and other subsequent developments.
Contents
Part 1 GROUP PROBLEMS IN GRIME AND PUNISHMENT; Chapter 1 THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE ADULT OFFENDER; Chapter 2 THE GROUP FACTOR IN CRIME AND PUNISHMENT; Chapter 3 COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT; Part 2 CRIMINOLOGY AND ITS METHODS; Chapter 4 LOMBROSO AND HIS PLAGE IN MODERN CRIMINOLOGY; Chapter 5 THREE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF GRIME IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND AFTER; Chapter 6 METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF CRIMINOLOGY; Part 3 AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS OF A CRIMINOLOGIST; Chapter 7 AMERICAN PRISONS with a note on British Columbia; Chapter 8 AMERICAN CRIMINOLOGY; Chapter 9 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS; Part 4 TWO PENOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; Chapter 10 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: WHAT NEXT?; Chapter 11 SHORT TERM IMPRISONMENT AND ITS ALTERNATIVES; Part 5 CRIMINAL LAW; Chapter 12 THE SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE CRIMINAL LAW; Chapter 13 THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS IN CONTINENTAL CRIMINAL LAW;
