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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Q Wilson |
| ISBN: | 0917616529 9780917616525 0917616510 9780917616518 |
| OCLC Number: | 9489070 |
| Description: | xii, 334 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | [Pt.] I. Introduction. Introduction / James Q. Wilson -- [Pt.] II. Crime rates and criminals. Crime rates and the active criminal / Jan M. Chaiken, Marcia R. Chaiken -- Some criminogenic traits of offenders / Richard J. Herrnstein -- [Pt.] III. The social milieu of crime. Crime and the family / Travis Hirschi -- Crime in the schools / Jackson Toby -- Crime and unemployment / Richard B. Freeman -- The physical environment and community control of crime / Charles R. Murray -- [Pt.] IV. The criminal justice system. Controlling criminogenic commodities: drugs, guns, and alcohol / Mark H. Moore -- Patrol strategies for police / Lawrence W. Sherman -- Prosecution and sentencing / Brian Frost -- Criminal procedure in the courtroom / Steven R. Schlesinger -- Supervising offenders outside of prison / Daniel Glaser -- Prisons: population, capacity, and alternatives / Alfred Blumstein -- Controlling the crime rate through imprisonment / Peter W. Greenwood -- Crime and public policy / James Q. Wilson. |
| Responsibility: | James Q. Wilson, editor. |
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