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Books on: (crime or criminal) and (sociology or sociological)

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Criminal Sociology

Book by Enrico Ferri; D. Appleton, 1897

Subjects:

Crime, Criminal Anthropology, Criminals

Collections: Entire Library

...of a proper classification of criminals, 47...The three factors of crime, 52...biological and sociological studies of crime and criminals which, when logically directed...
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Crime, Gender, and Sexuality in Criminal Prosecutions

Book by Louis A. Knafla; Greenwood Press, 2002

Subjects:

Crime--Sex Differences--History, Criminal Behavior--History, Prosecution--History, Sex Discrimination In Criminal Justice Administration--History

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Knafla and his contributors explore the common problems and issues that emerge from the study of class and gender in criminal prosecutions, ranging from late medieval Europe to the early 20th century. The chapters demonstrate that conceptions of crime and criminal behavior are influenced decisively ...
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Knafla and his contributors explore the common problems and issues that emerge from the study of class and gender in criminal prosecutions, ranging from late medieval Europe to the early 20th century. The chapters demonstrate that conceptions of crime and criminal behavior are influenced decisively by the roles of class, gender, and later race as societies evolve in search of continuity and conformity.
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Criminal Lessons: Case Studies and Commentary on Crime and Justice

Book by Frederic G. Reamer; Columbia University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Crime--Case Studies, Crime--Prevention--Case Studies, Criminal Behavior--Case Studies, Criminal Justice, Administration Of--Case Studies

Collections: Entire Library

...conclusions of Charles Goring (1913) about the prominence of feeblemindedness among criminals. A wide range of twentieth-century sociological theories of crime-which are largely positivistic in nature-have also been highly influential. Among...
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Criminal Behavior

Book by Walter C. Reckless; McGraw-Hill, 1940

Subjects:

Crime, Criminal Psychology

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Thompson-- POPULATION PROBLEMS von Hentig-- CRIME: CAUSES AND CONDITIONS Young-- INTERVIEWING IN SOCIAL...series from its inception in 1928 until his death in 1946. Criminal Behavior BY WALTER C. RECKLESS, PH.D. Professor of...
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Crime in Its Relations to Social Progress

Book by Arthur Cleveland Hall; Columbia University Press, 1902

Subjects:

Crime, Criminal Law, Criminals

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...Browning. Abt Vogler. A student of these problems of crime for many years, the author was in charge of the Bureau of Charities...the subject. Careful study of the valuable writings of the criminal anthropologists has strengthened the conviction that, in calling...

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Journal Articles on: (crime or criminal) and (sociology or sociological)

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WHITHER THE SOCIOLOGICAl STUDY OF CRIME?

Journal article by Robert J. Sampson; Annual Review of Sociology, 2000

Subjects:

Crime--Social aspects, Criminology--Analysis, Deviant behavior--Social aspects, Social problems--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...the weak correlation of social class with delinquency, or crime in the suites, materialist theory is clearly insufficient...thereby failing to address the processes and dynamics leading to criminal events. The most important thing about crime that we do not...
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Social Institutions and the Crime "Bust" of the 1990s

Journal article by Gary Lafree; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 88, 1998

Subjects:

Crime--Social aspects, Criminal statistics--Research, Social institutions--Research

Collections: Entire Library

...Press Release (Dec. 13, 1998) (on file with the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology). (10) LAFREE, supra note 1, at 70-90...18) Robert J. Sampson et al., Neighborhoods and Violent Crime:. A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy, 277 SCI. 918...
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Crime in Canada and in the United States: A Comparative Analysis

Journal article by Marc Ouimet; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 36, 1999

Subjects:

Canada--Crime, Crime--Social aspects, Criminal statistics--Analysis

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...conservative politicians to call for an increased severity of the criminal justice system. This research was funded by the FCAR (Quebec...the same homicide rate. Both states were coded in the upper-crime category. 2. The subculture of violence thesis has been questioned...
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The Logic of Nazification: The Case of the International Criminal Police Commission ("Interpol") **

Journal article by Mathieu Deflem; International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Vol. 43, 2002

Subjects:

International Criminal Police Commission--Research, International Criminal Police Organization--History, International agencies--Political aspects, National Socialist Party (Germany)--History, National socialism--Social aspects, National socialists--Strategic aspects, Sociological research--Reports, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Foreign relations

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...Interpol: Issues in World Crime and International Criminal Justice. New York: Plenum...William F., ed. 1997. Crime and Law Enforcement...into the International Criminal Police Organization...Law Enforcement and Crime in America: The View from Germany, 1920-40." Criminal Justice History 13:191-216...
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Considering Race and Crime: Distilling Non-Partisan Policy from Opposing Theories

Journal article by Carolyn Wolpert; American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 36, 1999

Subjects:

African Americans--Laws, regulations, etc., Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Analysis, Law enforcement--Social aspects, Sociological jurisprudence--Analysis

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...commit so much crime, and bring into...view regarding criminality--while those observations...reforming the criminal justice system...have a national crime policy with many...associated with crime and subsequent criminal punishment.(144...

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Magazine Articles on: (crime or criminal) and (sociology or sociological)

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How to Cut Crime: Janet Reno and the House Democrats Are So Busy Looking for the Root Causes of Crime That They Have No Time to Look for Solutions

Magazine article by Ernest Van Den Haag, Jr. Oliver Starr; National Review, Vol. 46, May 30, 1994

Subjects:

Administration of criminal justice--Laws, regulations and rules, Crime prevention--Laws, regulations and rules, Crime--Social aspects, Criminal justice, Administration of--Laws, regulations and rules, Criminal sociology, Reno, Janet--Social policy, United States. Congress--Social policy

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...goes up, fewer are bought. To the criminal the cost of a crime is the risk of punishment. Not what...risks still deter many prospective criminals, but are too low to reduce the crime rate. Most people are not aware of...rate can be decreased only by making crime less profitable through raising its costs to criminals. At best, rehabilitation could make...
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The Drug War's Hidden Toll

Magazine article by David T. Courtwright; Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 13, Winter 1996

Subjects:

African American youth--Crime, Criminal justice, Administration of--Social aspects, Drug traffic--Social aspects

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...Marc Mauer and Tracy Huling, Young Black Americans and the Criminal Justice System: Five Years Later. Washington, D.C.: The Sentencing...Sampson, "The Sex Ratio, Family Disruption, and Rates of Violent Crime: The Paradox of Demographic Structure," Social Forces, Vol...
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Crime in the Bluff City

Magazine article by Melissa Buchner; Business Perspectives, Vol. 10, June 1998

Subjects:

Crime prevention--Management, Criminal statistics--Tennessee, Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce--Services, Memphis, Tennessee--Crime

Collections: Entire Library

...percent per year reduction in crime as one of its nine goals for the Memphis 2005 initiative. CRIMINAL HISTORY Are these recent high levels of crime and public outrage against crime aberrant? Not at all. During the first two decades of this century...
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Some More Equal

Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 44, February 3, 1992

Subjects:

African Americans, Crime, Crime--Social aspects, Criminal sociology, Journalism--Analysis, Whites

Collections: Entire Library

...Nonetheless, Mayor Dinkins termed it a "heinous crime." The media went ballistic. Appeals went...wildings, and other mayhem, this was a white crime. In Tom Wolfes Bonfire of the Vanities...politically ambitious, longs amid a sea of black crime and violence for The Great White Defendant...
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The Code of the Streets

Magazine article by Elijah Anderson; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 273, May 1994

Subjects:

African American youth--Social aspects, Crime, Crime--Social aspects, Criminal sociology, Inner cities, Juvenile delinquency--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

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Newspaper Articles on: (crime or criminal) and (sociology or sociological)

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Keeping Kids Away from Crime; Counselor Heads New Program Aimed at Young Offenders

Newspaper article; Sarasota Herald Tribune, June 17, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Abuse as a way to be proactive against North Ports juvenile crime rate. "We needed something," Carusone said. "Right now, we...family. THey are tasked with deciding the resoluation of a criminal incident. STAFF PHOTO / LAURA EL-TANTAWY / laura.eltantawy...
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Crime May Fall, but Fear Still Rises to Top of the List; the Drop in Crime Statistics Is Analysed by Ross Reyburn Who Concludes That the News Is Not as Good as It May Seem

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 14, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...dropped by 7.8 per cent in England Wales. But the overall crime figure total of 4,545,337 is nearly three times higher than...was 650. Unlike Dr Neary, Dr David Wilson, director of the criminal justice, policy and practice department at the University of...
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Psyching out Crime Excuses

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 26, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...reading this column, and if he or she had engaged in a life of crime, I could unearth some adversity in that persons life that would...chooses to deal with those conditions? Most poor people are not criminals. Most children who suffer abuse do not abuse others. Millions...
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WHAT'S IN A NAME? James Tops Merseyside Crime List

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 6, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

WHATS IN A NAME? James Tops Merseyside Crime List. Byline: By LUKE TRAYNOR IF your name is James, Mer-seyside...compiled by the force, has revealed James as the most common criminal first name is the area. The list of shame, obtained under the...
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It's Your Shout!; Delivering Verdict on Youth Crime

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), January 13, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...youngsters. The government suggestions for curfews to limit time for crime is misguided. If they want to reduce juvenile crime, they must look into the awareness, and availability of other social activities for youngsters. MANPREETH KALSI, AGED...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (crime or criminal) and (sociology or sociological)

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Sociology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...deviant behavior, family, public opinion, social change, social mobility, social stratification, and such specific problems as crime, divorce, child abuse, and substance addiction. Sociology tries to determine the laws governing human behavior in social...
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Criminology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to it, and its prevention, including examination of the environmental, hereditary, or psychological causes of crime, modes of criminal investigation and conviction, and the efficacy of punishment or correction (see prison ) as compared with forms...
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Ferri, Enrico

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...penal systems that stressed only punitive action, recommending crime prevention instead. Argentinas penal code of 1921 was based...daily, for many years. Of his several books the best known is Criminal Sociology (1884, tr. 1917, repr. 1967...
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Mystery

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...tough, brash, yet honorable "private eyes" living on the seedy criminal fringe and involved in violent and incredibly complex crimes...Simenon and Nicholas Freeling the psychological reasons behind a crime are often emphasized more than the crimes solution. Other writers...
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Suicide

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...practice was observed as late as 1823. In 1961, Great Britain abolished criminal penalties for attempting to commit suicide. Very few U.S. states still list suicide as a crime, but most states have laws against helping someone to commit suicide...

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