Crime, Law and Social Science

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-13617-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 468 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Originally published in 1933. This book came out of the seminal ‘Michael-Adler report’ of a survey carried out to determine whether there was sufficient need for an institute of criminology and criminal justice in the United States and planning such institute. After responses from social scientists and criminal justice practitioners to the report, this book led to criminology’s establishment as a discipline in its own right. This work presented the state of knowledge in the area at the time and the research methods being used and its place within scientific research. It focuses on the problems of identifying issues within criminal law and how to further investigation and research into them. The authors present their conclusions on the place of law within social sciences and also comment on psychology and sociology, where criminology at this time was based academically.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michael, Jerome

Adler, Mortimer J.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Part 1: Introduction 1. The Nature of Crime 2. Knowledge and Practical Problems 3. The Problems of Crime Part 2: Criminology 4. The Conditions of a Science of Criminology 5. Researches in Causation 6. Researches in Treatment 7. Researches in Prevention 8. The Control of Crime by Trial and Error Part 3: Criminal Justice 9. Researches in the Administration of the Criminal Law 10. Increasing the Efficiency of the Criminal Justice by Common Sense 11. The Criminal Law Part 4: Conclusions and Recommendations 12. An Institute of Criminology and of Criminal Justice. Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Jerome Michael was Professor of Law at Columbia University.
Mortimer Jerome Adler was a philosopher, educator, and popular author who taught at Columbia Univetrsity and the University of Chicago, where he was Professor of the Philosophy of Law. He co-founded the Great Books program, worked for Encyclopedia Britannica and founded the Institute for Philosophical Research in San Francisco.