Criminal Lessons: Case Studies and Commentary on Crime and Justice

Neuausgabe 2003
ISBN: 978-0-231-12931-2
Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 358 g

Why do people commit crimes? How can crime be prevented? And what can society and criminal justice professionals do to implement constructive responses to criminal behavior? Summarizing what he has learned about crime and criminals during his long career, one of social work's most distinguished theoreticians speculates about the factors that lead to crime and considers what we can do to prevent and respond to it meaningfully. Criminal Lessons is based on more than thirteen thousand cases in which Frederic G. Reamer has been involved as a parole board member, a role that was supplemented by his earlier experiences working in a federal correctional facility, a state penitentiary, and a forensic unit in a state psychiatric hospital.

Reamer presents an original and compelling typology of crime that classifies offenders on the basis of the circumstances that led to their offenses. He isolates seven categories, tracing crime to desperation, greed, rage, revenge, frolic, addiction, or mental illness. Using actual case studies to illustrate these patterns of 'criminal circumstances,' Reamer presents a model for the prevention of, and response to, crime and throughout the book offers recommendations related to social services, criminal justice, and public policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reamer, Frederic G.

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. First Lessons2. Crimes of Desperation3. Crimes of Greed, Exploitation, and Opportunism4. Crimes of Rage5. Crimes of Revenge and Retribution6. Crimes of Frolic7. Crimes of Addiction8. Crimes of Mental Illness9. Final LessonsCrime PreventionResponding to CrimeNotesReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Frederic G. Reamer is professor of social work at Rhode Island College. The author or editor of twelve books, he received the Council of Social Work Education's award for recent distinguished contributions in social work.