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Understanding and Controlling Crime
Farrington, David P.; Ohlin, Lloyd E.; Wilson, James Q.
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Description for Understanding and Controlling Crime
paperback. A Report Comm. by the Justice Program Study Group of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series: Research in Criminology. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 346.
In 1982 the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation created a small committee-the Justice Program Study Group (whose membership is listed at the end ofthis preface)-and posed to it what can hardly be regarded as an easy ques tion: "What ideas, what concepts, what basic intellectual frameworks are lack ing" to understand and to more effectively deal with crime in our society? Those who are acquainted with the work of the members of the Study Group will appreciate how many divergent views were expressed-divergent to the degree that some of us came to the conclusion that we were not ... Read more
In 1982 the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation created a small committee-the Justice Program Study Group (whose membership is listed at the end ofthis preface)-and posed to it what can hardly be regarded as an easy ques tion: "What ideas, what concepts, what basic intellectual frameworks are lack ing" to understand and to more effectively deal with crime in our society? Those who are acquainted with the work of the members of the Study Group will appreciate how many divergent views were expressed-divergent to the degree that some of us came to the conclusion that we were not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Series
Research in Criminology
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461293675
SKU
V9781461293675
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